98 ARBOR DAY. 



shaded, and is sometimes called the "Floral City." I 

 have set out at least 500 trees by the wayside. The prin- 

 cipal trees planted on the streets are elm, soft and hard 

 maple. After many years of experience, the hard maple 

 is my preference, and it is most called for. The horse 

 chestnut is a very fine shade tree in any locality, and 

 there are many other shade and ornamental trees which 

 will do well if properly cared for. 



ARBOR DAY IN LOUISIANA. 

 BY M. VINCENT, ST. CHAELES, LOUISIANA. 



This is a question which has not as yet received much 

 consideration in Louisiana. With our almost inexhaust- 

 ible supplies of timber, we do not stop to think that it 

 may not be more than fifty or one hundred years before 

 our now immense forests may be cut down. Timber is an 

 absolute necessity that the climate may be such as to pro- 

 duce the best results from the soil. Hence, every man in 

 opening a farm in Louisiana should plant a part of it to 

 trees. 



Among trees which will in the future be valuable, 

 not only for wood, but for the production of a steady 

 revenue, are : Soft shelled pecan, English walnut, black 

 walnut, and butternut. Interspersed with these may be 

 grown for ornament the magnolia, with its magnificent 



