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forced under the hill, and, with one hand holding the spade and the 

 other the handle to the pipe, the hill is carried to its allotted space 

 in the field. After the hill is set in the hole dug to receive it and 

 the spade withdrawn, I draw the loose earth around the pipe on 

 all sides, and then withdraw the pipe. I then press down the 

 earth around the hill, and with a hoe draw as much more as is 

 needed about the plant. I continue thus with each hill, always 

 being careful not to distui-b the earth about the roots of the plants. 

 When they are well established, I thin to three vines in each hill, 

 cultivate and keep clean, and in due time expect to "reap if I 

 faint not." 



Respectfully submitted. 



SAMUEL HARTWELL. 



Lincoln, Mass., October 15th, 1885, 



The Arnold Arboretum. 



Our next visit was on the 26th of August, to the Aniold Arbore- 

 tum, first stopping at the residence of our Treasurer, by whom 

 the Committee were hospitably entertained. After a delightful 

 drive through the pleasant avenues of Jamaica Plain, we found our- 

 selves at the Arboretum of Harvard College, which contains one 

 hundred and sixty-five acres of land, quite varied in character. 

 This is a portion of the well known Bussey Farm, in that part 

 of Boston formerly known as West Roxbury, and is within a few 

 minutes walk of the Forest Hills station on the Boston and Provi- 

 dence Railroad, making it of easy access to visitors. The location 

 is such that the experiments here made will be of great value to 

 New England, and of general interest to a large portion of the 

 whole country. The Arboretum is yet in its infancy, having been 

 commenced only in 1874, when the seeds of the first trees were 

 planted ; so that excepting the older trees previously on the place, 

 of which there are many, a great portion are only nursery plants, 

 which on account of certain arrangements made with the city of 

 Boston could not be planted in permanent positions until the laying 

 out of some of the roadways had been completed. This l)eing 

 accomplished in part, the coming spring will see many of the 

 botanical orders planted where they are to remain permanently, 

 the planting being as far as possible in botanical sequence. Along 



