REPORT 



OF THE 



Committee on Large, Old, or Otherwise Interesting Trees 



OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Since submitting their last report your Committee have directed 

 their efforts to the collection of photographs of the trees of which 

 they had descriptions, with the view of having them bound in a 

 book, together with a brief description of each tree ; providing it 

 could be done at a cost not exceeding fifty dollars. 



As the Committee depended entirely on voluntary contributions 

 of photographs, the work of collecting was slow, and when the 

 required number was obtained it was found that the size of the 

 cards varied so much that it was necessary to remove the photo- 

 graphs from the old cards and remount them on new ones of 

 uniform size. Two of the most important photographs were so 

 large that copies of a reduced size had to be taken. It was also 

 found that the descriptions of some of the trees were deficient in 

 important points. This necessitated the writing of letters, and 

 the searching of records, for the needed information. All of the 

 descriptions had to be rewritten, and an index made for the type- 

 writer to copy. 



Your Committee, with the aid of some volunteer work, have 

 been able to produce the book, which they now deliver to the 

 Society, for a sum not exceeding fifty dollars. 



While this book contains photographs of many important trees, 

 the Society have descriptions of a considerable number of equally 

 important ones. The Committee would suggest that photographs 

 of these be obtained when it can be done at a nominal cost. If the 

 members of the Society would use a little exertion, no doubt enough 



