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SuPLEMENTARY.— In Connection with the station we have a small 

 nursery for the propagation for trial of all such desirable varieties as can 

 be secured and all the seedlings of promise,usually from 10 to 25 root grafts 

 of each variety. Priority rights of originators and introducers will in all 

 cases be respected, and scions are solicited from all parties who have valu- 

 able new seedlings. We added to the list last spring Boydonoff, Golden 

 Bernette, Sklonka, Zuzofl's Winter and a dozen or more new seedlings. 

 They were root-grafted last spring, have made a good growth and the 

 surplus varieties not under restriction will be exchanged or sold at about 

 cost of propagation. 



MONTEVIDEO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



LYCURGUS R. ilOYER. 



The Montevideo experiment station was established for the trial of 

 ornamental trees and shrubs. It is located near the 45th parallel, 35 miles 

 from the western boundary of the state. The trial grounds are located on 

 a dry bluff, sloping to the west and northwest. The soil is a yellow loam, 

 originally prairie. The situation is very bleak and exposed. It Is be- 

 lieved that trees and shrubs that will succeed here can be grown through- 

 out the prairie portion of the state. 



The following list of trees and shrubs, native to this locality, are grow- 

 ing on the station grounds or in its immediate vicinity: 



Bur oak, (Quercus macrocarpa); Green ash, (Fraxinus viridis); White 

 elm, (Ulmus Americana); Red elm, (Ulmus fulva); Cork or rock elm, 

 (Ulmus racemosa); White or silver maple, (Acer dasycarpum); Box elder, 

 (Negungo aceroides); Hackberry, (Celtis occidentalis); Basswood, (Tilia 

 Americana); Cottonwood, (Populus monilifera); Balsam poplar, (Populus 

 balsamifera); American aspen, (Populus tremuloides); Ironwood, (Ostrya 

 Virginica); Wild plum, (Prunus Americana): Wild red cherry, (Prunus 

 Pennsylvanica); Choke cherry, (Prunus Virginiana and perhaps P- 

 demissa); Sweet viburnum, (Viburnum Lentago); Red-berried elder, 

 (Sambucus racemosa): Common elder, (Sambucus Canadensis); Minnesota 

 honeysuckle, (Lonicera Sullivantii); Wolf berry, (Symphoricarpos occi- 

 dentalis); Wild rose, (Rosa Arkansana); Juneberry, (Amelanchier Cana- 

 densis var. oblongifolia and Amelanchier alnifolia); Wild thorn, 

 (Crataegus tomentosa); Meadow sweet, (Spiraea salicifolia); Missouri 

 gooseberry, (Ribes gracile); Wild black currant, (Ribes floridum); Red 

 osier dogwood, (Cornus stolonifera or C. sericea); Downy arrow-wood, 

 (Viburnum dentatum); Prairie willow, (Salix humilis); Heart-leaf 

 willow, (Salix cordata); Red cedar, (Juniperus Virginiana); Smooth 

 sumach, (Rhus glabra); Wild grape, (Vitis riparia); Virginia creeper, 

 (Ampelopsis quinquefolia); Burning bush or Wahoo, (Euomymus atropur- 

 pureus); Climbing bittersweet, (Celastrus scandens); Prickly ash, 

 (Xanthoxylum Americanum); Moonseed, (Menispermum Canadense); 

 Virgin's bower, (Clematis Virginiana); Green briar, (Smilax rotundifolia. 



These trees and shrubs are all native to the extreme western part of 

 Minnesota, and it is, perhaps, needless to say that they all succeed in cul- 

 tivation. It ought not to need the report of an experiment station to 

 show that these trees will succeed, for they are growing there already; 

 and yet if a stranger should travel over our prairies and see the endless 



