216 APPENDIX. 



BEECH. 



Fagus Americana, or American Beech. 

 " sylvatica, or European Beech. 



ASH. 



Fraxinus Americana, or White Ash. 

 " excelsior, or European Ash. 

 " quadrangulata, or Blue Ash. 

 " sambud/olia, or Black Ash. 

 " viridis, or Green Ash. 



KATSURA. 



Cercidiphyllum japonicum. 



From B. S. Hoxie, Secretary of the Wisconsin State Horticultural 

 Society. 



WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



EVANSVILLE, WISCONSIN, January 26, 1892. 



EDWIN J. HOUSTON, Philadelphia, Pa. 



DEAR SIR, Yours of the 28th at hand. I mailed to your 

 address our last volume, No. 2, I think. The list of trees 

 found on page 9, which we recommend for general planting, 

 will be found applicable to nearly all parts of our State. 



The pine regions of Wisconsin are the parts that are now 

 being deforested, and no special effort is being made to re- 

 forest these areas. Oak, ash, maple, birch, elm, pine, and 

 spruce will grow on most of this land. 



We have several townships bordering on Lake Superior in 

 Bayfield County, which some ten years ago were set apart 

 as a State Park. Last winter a bill was introduced to bring 

 this reservation into the market, i.e., to sell the timber, but it 



