FOREWORD. 



The following report of the proceedings of the Harrisburg 

 Chestnut Blight Conference is distributed with the compliments 

 and best wishes of the State of Pennsylvania. The numerous 

 papers and the discussions thereon contain many new and 

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

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

 ern United States the truth concerning a most serious tree dis- 

 ease, and started discussions and a new 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 public benefit. 



The officers chosen by the meeting take this last opportunity 

 of expressing to the Governor, the Chestnut Tree Blight Com- 

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

 appreciation for the honor conferred upon them in being invited 

 to preside over the deliberations of the Conference. They also 

 have hopes that information may be found in the folloAving pages 

 which Avill incite greater interest in the earnest work now 7 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. 



Tennsylvauia , 



Secretaries. 







Maryland, 



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