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- Fraxinus Sambucifolia—Black Ash. 
For merely a shade and ornamental tree, perhaps preferable to White Ash; 
will grow best on ground too wet for White Ash; will flourish and develop mag- 
nificently on ground too wet for most any other timber except it may be tamarac. 
Populus Angulata, or Populus Monilifera—Cottonwood. 
_ The highly refined, fastidious and aristocratic element of our large towns and 
cities unite in despising this noble tree. But who cares? It has its own merits, 
merits that will cause it to be propagated, cherished, nourished and protected by 
willing hands and loving hearts, until the great interior treeless region of the 
North American continent shall have been reclaimed and become one of the tra- 
ditions of the past. When the marble monuments vainly erected to perpetuate 
the memory of the names of its traducers shall have crumbled into dust; when 
even the state Horticultural Society has ceased to exist, even then will this mon- 
umental tree shed its blessings and its cotton alike upon the just and the unjust. 
I propose to stand by the Cottonwood. Whether planted on a sand bank or a 
river bottom, in the door yard or in a desert, on the prairie or in the timber, the 
result is a great, sturdy, healthy forest tree. It is a success, and that’s why 
people plant it. It don't fool away years of precious time getting ready to do 
something, but it is up and a coming from the word go. It is emphatically a 
pioneer tree. This and the White Willow will do more to prepare the way for 
the cultivation of fruit trees than any other agencies I can think of. ; 
I have enumerated enough of the deciduous trees. I could easily have extended 
the list to twice its lenght. But ‘‘ Enough is as good as a feast.”’ 
Evergreens. 
I shall not branch out much on evergreens; had rather wait and hear from 
John Kepner. I desire to say a good word for the Scotch Pine. [I find it abso- 
lutely hardy, and a thrifty, good grower on the broad prairies of Kandiyohi and 
Stevens counties; have had them growing out for nearly four years. They 
always look bright and healthy. They are undoubtedly a good tree to plant 
by the roadside. It is the great lumber tree of Scandinavian nations of northern 
Europe. It delights in buffeting old Boreas; is admirably adapted for wind- 
breaks, and will be used extensiveley for this purpose just as fast as the prairie 
farmer becomes able to pay for it. 
I have experimented with various sorts of evergreens on the prairies, and have 
had more comfort from the Scotch Pine than all others combined. 
The European Larch, about which volumes have been written, has so far 
proved hardy, healthy and a rapid grower on the main line of the St. Paul and 
Pacific railroad, where it has been planted as an experiment in different localities. 
and on widely varying soils. From experience so gained I should not be afraid 
to go in tolerably heavy on the European Larch. 
HOW TO PLANT THEM. 
It is all surplusage trying to tell this crowd how to plant trees. You know as 
much about it as I do; but it may be this paper may fall into hands not so expe- 
rienced as yours. And so I commence by saying, the first thing to do is to pre- 
