74 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



digging up the soil he had dumped the rocks into the excava- 

 tion. 



He then went into the woods and transplanted many native 

 herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs. The first plant he set 

 out was the common yellow lily with which he was very suc- 

 cessful for it increased rapidly and he grew specimens with thir- 

 teen blooms and flowers six inches across. He planted snowdrops 

 under the ledges and had them flower February 22. He also had 

 success with the mooscAvood out of the woods. 



Ashes had been referred to as a fertilizer and he believed in it. 

 He had put on his land the proportion of two tons of ashes and 

 one ton of bone and it had made great crops. He grew on it a 

 squash which weighed 97 pounds and corn also did well. He 

 had found a wild rose with very few thorns on the stems which 

 he had transplanted with pleasing results. 



In all he had set out 6000 trees, among them 100 Oregon 

 pines, and his knowledge of the subject had come wholly from 

 practice and experience. 



. Robert Cameron asked JNIr. Manning to name the best twelve 

 hardy trees, shrubs, and perennial flowering plants suitable for 

 estates and gardens about Boston. 



In response to this request Mr. Manning gave the following 

 lists : 



Best Twelve Hardy Trees. 



Yellow Wood {Cladrastis linctorla). Unquestionably our most 



beautiful tree in flower. 

 Wier's Cut-Leaf Maple. For rapid, graceful growth. 

 Horse Chestnut (^sculiis Hipjyocastanwn) . 

 Rivers' Purple Beech. For its brilliant foliage. 

 Chinese Magnolia (Magnolia So^ilangeana) . Very effective in 



early spring. 

 Pyrus floribunda, var. Hallii. There should be on an estate at 



least one specimen of the floAvering crab. 

 Catalpa. For its showy bloom in July. 

 American Elm. There is no tree more graceful. 

 Norway Maple. For sturdy growth and longevity. 



