FOREWORD. 



Tlic rollowiiii; rc|M»rl of I lie j»r(M-('(M|iiii;s (»!' \\\r I hurislHirj^ 

 ('licsdnii r»lij;lil Conrcrciicc is disl lilmlcd \\itli the r()iii|ili iiiciils 

 ;iii(l best wishes of the State of Peimsylvania. The iiiiiiicrous 

 [»apers and tlic discussions tlitTCon contain many new and 

 valuable ideas. It is believed that the ultimate worth of the 

 Conference Avill lie in the fact that it brought home to the east- 

 ern United States tiu; truth concerninjj;- a most serious tree dis- 

 ease, and started discussions and a ne^v trend of thought which 

 must evolve real benefit for the whole people. If the Conference 

 can produce a better understanding and higher appreciation 

 respecting the value of trees, and of one tree in particular, its 

 calling will have been of great jiublic benefit. 



The officers chosen by the meeting take this last o[»portnnity 

 of expressing to the Governor, the Cheslnut Tree Ijlight Com- 

 mission and the Delegates from the States, their sense of high 

 api)reciati(ui for the lnuior coiirei'i-ed upon I hem iu being iuviled 

 to preside over the deliberations of the Conference. They also 

 have hopes that information may be found in the following pages 

 which will incite greater interest in the earnest work now being 

 undertaken in Pennsylvania and other States to prevent the fur- 

 ther spread of this serious and destructive Chestnut Bark Dis- 

 ease. 



New York, Chairman, 



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Pennsylvania , 



Secretaries. 



Maryland, 



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