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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 



LYCUBGUS R. MOTER, MONTEVIDEO. 



The following is a list of trees and shrubs that will succeed for timber 

 and ornamental planting in western Minnesota: 



Bur Oak. 



White Elm. 



Rock Elm, or Cork Elm. 



Basswood. 



Cottonwood. 



American Aspen. 



Wild Red Cherry. 



Sweet Viburnum. 



Common Elder. 



Juneberry. 



Cornel. 



Wild Black Currant. 



Wild Grape. 



Burning Bush. 



Moodseed. 



Wolfberry. 



NATIVES. 



Green Ash. 



Red Elm. 



White, or Silver Maple. 



Hackberry. 



Balsam Poplar. 



Ironwood. 



Choke Cherry. 



Red-berried Elder. 



Minnesota Honeysuckle. 



Wild Thorn. 



Missouri Gooseberry. 



Sumac. 



Virginia Creeper. 



Climbing Bittersweet. 



Virgin's Bower. 



Green Brier. 



The following is a list of trees not native to western Minnesota, that 

 promise to do well on the prairies: 



Red Willow. 

 Rosemary-leaf Willow. 

 Laurel-leaf Poplar. 

 Cut-leaf Birch. 

 Purple Lilac. 

 Chas X Lilac. 

 Japanese Tree Lilac. 

 Kentucky Coffee Tree. 

 Ninebark. 

 Buffalo Berry. 

 Clematis Jackmanii. 

 Rosa Rugosa. 



White Willow. 



Laurel-leaf Willow. 



Populus Certinensis. 



Pyramid Poplar. 



Mountain Ash. 



White Lilac. 



Persian Lilac. 



Bush Honeysuckle (several species) 



Mock Orange. 



Pea Tree (several species). 



Barberry (several species). 



Snowball. 



Native Juniper. 

 Colorado Blue Spruce. 

 Arbor Vitae. 



EVERGREENS. 



White Spruce. 



Balsam Fir. 



Dwarf Mountain Pine. 



DISCUSSION. 

 President Underwood: I would like to ask Judge Moyer 

 about the aspen poplar. What is your estimate of it? 

 Judge Moyer: I don't think it is a very valuable tree. 



