THE NEW EARTH 



European larch, white ash, red ash, green ash, 

 Osage orange, catalpa, ailanthus, black walnut, 

 white hickory, soft maple and willow were first 

 selected. Some of the trees were not success- 

 ful, notably the European larch, but the others 

 pressed slowly forward. Later came other 

 trees, Norway maple, box -elder, hard maple, 

 honey locust, coffee bean, Russian mulberry, 

 cottonwood, Lombardy poplar, silver poplar, 

 hackberry, plane tree and the sturdy oaks, 

 red, black, bur, pin, shingle, yellow chestnut, 

 swamp white oak and English oak among 

 them. Then came the conifers, and here was 

 shown one of the wisest steps in all the work. 

 The station authorities held that "whether 

 studied from the standpoint of the landscape 

 artist, of the promoter who wishes to improve 

 property for the increase in value, or from the 

 standpoint of the stock-feeder who realizes that 

 windbreaks save corn, and corn is money, the 

 evergreens are to be considered as among the 

 most beautiful and useful trees." Austrian and 

 Scotch pine, white, pitch and Table mountain 

 pines, cedars and spruces were the principal 

 cone-bearing trees planted. 



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