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Secretary. As they now stand according to the " Order of 

 Arrangements for Premiums and Committees for 1867," the 

 White Oak, Yellow Oak, Locust, Birch, White Ash, Maple, 

 Walnut, or White Pine, are expected to be grown in such 

 plantations as compete for the premium. But when it is con- 

 sidered, that the list though an admirable one, defines trees 

 which require a particular soil for their growth? if intended to 

 be a permanent one and already an incipient foi-est, the reward 

 by the premium or honor of the Society, should be more pro- 

 portunate to the skill, labor and care essential to the experi- 

 ment. Mixed and miscellaneous planting even of other than 

 native kinds as specified in the list, will always succeed best 

 and be the most satisfactory. This is proved by such planta- 

 tions as Dr. K.'s, and by others which have been tried else- 

 where. The importance of such labor on the land cannot be 

 seen at first ; time is requisite to develope it entirely. Every 

 year, however, convinces the experimentalist, that it is a wise 

 economy which provides for the future, in labors whose results 

 are distant and afar off. 



The grounds of Dr. Kelly were, when taken in hand, almost 

 destitute of any tree growth. A few old pear and apple trees 

 of shattered and venerable appearance, still stand as memorials 

 of olden time. His mansion standing in such a position as to 

 be exposed to the street, is now, after twelve years' cultivation 

 of the front area, beautifully shaded and sheltered from obser- 

 vation. The free use of evergreens has yielded in this brief 

 time to the front of the house, a deep s.haded grove, resonant 

 with the murmur of pines ; while the ground beneath is carpet- 

 ed with their dry, brown, needle-shaped leaves. Under this 

 shade and in this seclusion, some of the finest shrubs are grow- 

 ing freely, both native and foreign species. Here may be seen 

 the snowy-flowered dogwood cornel, the fragrant sassafras, 

 whose'rich colored berries attract rare and superb birds ; the 

 mespilus, beautiful alike in flower and fruit ; the crab-apple in 

 many varieties, always attractive ; the bloody or red willow, 

 whose brilliant crimson stems glisten in winter and contrast 



