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those that will grow, and in time they will serve as 

 screens for more valuable kinds, as is done on the sea 

 shore, where the worthless silver poplar (abele) will grow 

 luxuriantly and in a few years form a screen behind which 

 more delicate deciduous and evergreen trees will grow as 

 readily as if they were unaware of the vicinity of the 

 ocean. 



The labors of Mr. R. S. Elliott, Industrial Agent of 

 the Kansas Pacific Railroad, have thrown much light 

 upon the subject, and his own report of them contains 

 so much interesting and valuable information which 

 ought to be widely disseminated, that I insert the whole 

 of it. I visited Mr. Elliott's nurseries in the summer of 

 1 87 1, and made a careful examination of all the varieties 

 of trees under culture, and my observations enable me 

 fully to corroborate his interesting statements. 



