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was the greatest inspiration to the planting. Then I 

 wrote four pecan songs and gave them to the schools, 

 where the children were taught to sing them, for "Pecan 

 Day" instead of just any-old-tree "Arbor Day." And 

 while no grand opera star has sent in for a copy of the 

 songs the plan worked successfully, for the children 

 sang the pecan idea into the minds and appetites of 

 Memphis. 



The most prominent Memphis women verse writers 

 made up a purse and bought pecan trees to be planted in 



visitors and proudly claim that the trees were planted by 

 their ancestors. In half a century old ladies and gentle- 

 men will love these trees with great tenderness and tell 



FINE CLUSTER OF BRED-UP PECANS 



This shows the pecans as they grow in Memphis as the result of a deter- 

 mined campaign. Pecan growing is being urged as a means of profit and 

 an improvement to the landscape. 



memory of Judge Walter Malone and Howard Haw- 

 thorn McGee, two local poets who had died. The pro- 

 gram dedicating the trees to the city was carried out in 

 Forrest Park. Dr. A. A. Kincannon, Bishop Gailor, Rev. 

 Dr. Ben Cox, Robert Beatty and others delivered elo- 

 quent addresses, and more than fifteen hundred children 

 sang the pecan songs. 



This attracted the attention of prominent people and 

 checks of three dollars began to come to me for trees to 

 be planted in honor or memory of honorable citizens, and 

 now it appears that it will not be long until everybody 

 worth while in Shelby county will have a pecan tree bear- 

 ing his name and sending it higher and higher 

 for centuries. And after many generations shall have 

 passed Memphisans will show the stately trees to 



AN 



ADVOCATE OF PECAN PLANTING 



When Mrs. Marta Scott Conser moved to Memphis from a 

 wooded region she advocated the planting oi pecan trees for 

 beauty and utility. The co-operation of the school board was 

 secured and much progress has been achieved. 



their grandchildren of the planting. A thousand dollars 

 is offered for any pecan tree that has died or ceased bear- 

 ing from old age. So beautiful and everlasting a monu- 

 ment could never be had from the work of any man. 



A history of each tree is kept. All letters are 

 kept on file, also all newspaper clippings, and these will 

 be put into shape and turned over to the city. For there 

 is no question that Memphis will some day be famous 

 for the wonderful beauty and wealth of her pecan trees. 



A DISEASE OF THE HEMLOCK TREE 



A disease of the hemlock tree due to a woody, poroid 

 fungus, Fomitiporia tsugina Murrill, was discovered by 

 Mr. Percy Wilson at East Hebron, New Hampshire, in 

 August, 1905, reports W. A. Murrill, assistant director 

 of the New York Botanical Garden. 



In July, 1917, Mr. Wilson revisited the type locality 

 and gathered specimens from the trunk of the same 

 tree, which was found to be dead and prostrate on the 

 ground. These later specimens were over an inch thick 

 and broadly effused over the trunk. Living hemlocks 

 recently examined by Mr. Wilson near Bristol, New 

 Hampshire, were also found to be attacked by this fun- 

 gus, which is known to occur in New Hampshire and 

 New York, always confined to the hemlock. The dis- 

 ease is probably important and should be further inves- 

 tigated both by foresters and mycologists. 



