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The Little Tree Farms at South Framingham. 



On May 28 the committee was invited to visit the Little Tree 

 Farms at South Framingham, carried on by the American Forestry 

 Company of which Theodore F. Borst is the general manager. 



Here are fifty acres devoted exclusively to the raising of trees 

 from seed and it is probably the largest tree farm in the country, 

 A hundred or more species of deciduous and evergreen trees are 

 grown by the million and the various operations of planting, trans- 

 planting, and shipping were explained most interestingly by Mr. 

 Borst. 



The seeds are usually planted in well-prepared plots in the early 

 spring and transplanted at intervals of one and two years until 

 the little trees reach a height of two to three feet which is as large 

 as is desirable for permanent planting. 



Wilton Lockwood's Gardens at South Orleans. 



June IS a visit was made to the estate of Wilton Lockwood at 

 South Orleans. The principal object of this visit was to see the 

 garden of peonies which at this date was in the perfection of bloom. 



In addition to the tlu-ee hundred kinds noted the previous year 

 some dozen or more new ones were seen and in its arrangement and 

 in the choice of varieties this peony garden was pronounced by the 

 committee a model of its kind. 



While it was somewhat too early in the season for most of the 

 roses several varieties were in fine flower, notably the Carmine 

 Pillar and the Dawson which flourish luxuriantly here. The rose 

 Conrad Ferd. Meyer, a Rugosa hybrid, of a handsome pink color, 

 was conspicuous as was also the Gruss an Teplitz, a deep red rose 

 which flowers all summer until late in the season. 



There was also a fine row of the Iris pallida dalmatica and on a 

 trellis in front of the house was a bower of the Wistaria sinensis 

 alba, its long pendulous racemes presenting a beautiful sight. 



Mr. Lockwood's skill and success as a peony and rose grower are 

 worthy of high commendation and the awards made to him by 

 the committee during the last two years are well merited. 



