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a fact that no one grape is suited to all localities; neither is there any 

 one locality which is suited to all grapes; this must be determined by 

 experiments. 



The blackberry crop was short. Snyder was small and sour; An- 

 cient Briton was much better. 



OKNAMENTAL AND FOEEST TREES. 



Ornamental trees should be planted on a larger scale around dwell- 

 ings, school houses, churches and in public parks, and thus beautify 

 the country. 



But we must not neglect the replanting of forest trees to take the 

 place of our destroyed forests, and also the planting of new forests, 

 that the climate may be healthy £.nd productive. I give a list of the 

 kinds I find to be adapted to our climate : 



Acer campestre. A small, stocky tree, small, handsome foliage. 



Acer Wier's lancineatum. Wier's cut leaved silver maple. It is a 

 variety of the silver leaved; shoots tender and drooping; one of the 

 best lawn trees. 



Acer platanoides. Only hardy enough in shady places. 



Acer atropurpureum. Cut leaved purple Japan maple; foliage dark 

 purple and deeply cut; very ornamental; stood the last two winters 

 very well. 



Acer polymorphum atropurpureum. Blood leaved Japan maple, 

 bushy shrub and dark purple, deeply cut leaves; very fine; stood the 

 last two winters well. 



Betula alba fastigata. Pyramidal birch of elegant pyramidal habit, 

 like the Lombardy poplar. 



Betula alba European white birch of rapid and graceful growth, 

 and having silvery bark; after the trees get to a moderate height the 

 branches droop. 



Betula pehdula laciniata. Cut leaved weeping birch. One of the 

 best of all weeping or pendulous trees, with finely dissected leaves and 

 white bark. 



Betula atropurpurea. Purple leaved birch, having purple foliage; 

 stood two winters well. 



Catalpa speciosa. Western Catalpa. Did well in sandy ground and 

 timber. 



Larix European. European Larch. An elegant, rapid, pyramidal 

 tree; small branches drooping; should be more of them planted for 

 timber. 



