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of the disease, diseased spots, on the trunk of the tree. That is 

 the way the tree looks when this disease attacks the trunk. That 

 tree is practically dead. The lower part, represented by the 

 lower half of that picture, shows some life. 



No. 29. In the course of two or three years we find that the 

 bark begins to peel from the trunks of the trees. At the left we 

 have a tree which has only recently been killed, that is, within 

 a year or so perhaps, and the next one to it is one which is a little 

 older, and the bark has begun to peel oil'. The one which is so 

 prominent is probably the first in the group which was attacked 

 and killed, and the bark lias practically disappeared from the 

 tree, so far as this view shows. 



No. 30. Now to consider the more general appearance of the 

 woodland, here is a view taken in Forest Park, Brooklyn, along 

 the Boulevard. This is one of the main boulevards through the 

 Park, and any of you will have no difficulty in picking out the 

 rhestnuis. They are the most conspicuous objects. Not one of 

 the gm>n trees you see there is a chestnut. 



No. 31. Here is another view taken, I think, at Port Jeffer- 

 son on Long Island. It may have been a New Jersey view; I 

 am a little uncertain as to just where it was taken. That shows 

 (lie young growth coming up and becoming diseased, and shows 

 (lie d'fert along the hedgerow that we get from this disease. 



No. 32. This is one of the -most southern stations which we 

 know for the disease. This view was taken in South-western Vir- 

 ginia, in Bedford county. The more prominent trees there have 

 lost the bark entirely. Those trees, I understand, have been cut 

 out and no longer exist, 



No. 33. If you want to see what the chestnut disease can do 

 in a very nearly pure stand of chestnuts, there is a view which 

 will show it. That was taken in Forest Park on Long Island. 

 Any of yon who have been in Forest Park will probably recognize 

 (hat view. 



No. 34. The next view, I think, is another view of a little 

 different portion of the same Park. These trees at the right are 

 not chestnuts at all. This one up here, I believe, is a chestnut 

 and there are some oaks there at the left. 



No. 35. I want to call your attention to the distribution of the 

 chestnut, and, to do so, I want to call your attention to this map. 



