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creditable manner. In many localities it will be useless 

 to plant trees, unless they can be irrigated. Young pines 

 will not grow in what are termed "alkali lands." The 

 Montana Live Stock Journal gives the following list of 

 native trees and shrubs, many of which grow with little 

 moisture, and will not need to be irrigated, except under 

 very unfavorable conditions: Yellow pine, bird's eye 

 pine a slender, straight, and tall tree, with white, rather 

 hard wood, and finely marked with bird's eye curls 

 mountain white pine, Douglas fir, Engleman's spruce, 

 white spruce, subalpine fir, red cedar, balsam poplar, balm 

 of Gilead, Columbia poplar, cottonwood, American aspen, 

 black willow, shining willow, mountain willow, diamond 

 willow, western birch, box-elder, mountain maple, moun- 

 tain alder, smooth alder, wild red cherry, choke cherry, 

 wild service, mountain mahogany, buffalo berry, and a 

 large number of shrubs and vines, and several varieties of 

 currant, gooseberry, raspberry, and other wild fruit-bear- 

 ing bushes. 



ARBOR DAY IN MINNESOTA. 



BY C. L. SMITH, SECEETABY OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FORESTRY 

 ASSOCIATION, MINNEAPOLIS. 



Arbor Day has been observed in Minnesota for twelve 

 years, and though not fixed by law, a day is appointed 

 each year by proclamation of the governor. Its observ- 



