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The European and American Linn are elegant trees and 

 do well. The former is the more handsome of the two, 

 and merits more attention than it has received. Dr. Gr. L. 

 Lucas has a fine row of them on his grounds, on the bluff. 

 Mr. J. B. Smith has one in his yard, and there are a few 

 others in the city. A good specimen of the American 

 Linn, and by far the largest one in the city, grows in the 

 front yard, of the place on south Jefferson street, formerly 

 occupied by Mr. J. McClay Smith. A smaller but a typical 

 one grows in Mrs. Purple's yard, on Fulton street. 



These are the only trees, that with our present knowl- 

 edge, we would recommend for outside planting, as all 

 others, heretofore, have either done badly or totally failed. 

 For inside planting quite a variety may be added, among 

 them many of those recommended for the bluff; but judg- 

 ment must be exercised in their selection and location. 



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We are not now discussing the relative merits or 

 demerits of trees as trees, but their fitness for our purpose. 

 For beauty and durability, the Hard or Sugar Maple Acer 

 Saccharinum, stands among the very first forest trees of 

 'America or the world, but unfortunately, except in a few 

 places, it will not live between the bluff and the river, 

 either outside or inside. From the early days of Peoria to 

 the present time, it has been tried again and again, and has 

 almost invariably failed. 



During the last forty years several thousand have been 

 set out, and with many of them, great care was taken, and 

 what have we to show for it? Just two survive that are of 

 any size ; one of these is in the lot on Jefferson street, 

 adjoining the Library, and has been there forty years. It 

 is now about twenty-five feet high, and four feet above the 

 ground, measures twelve inches in diameter. The other 

 one is on Mr. Robert Grier's lot, corner of Perry and Ham- 



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