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ner in which they were planted and have been cultivated, 

 in a statement wliich he was requested to furnish, and 

 which is appended. 



* The committee recommend the award of the first pre- 

 mium of 820 for the best plantation of White Ash trees, al- 

 though the number is beneath the Society's requirement; 

 and award the premium of $10 for the best lot of ornamen- 

 tal trees for twenty-five sugar-maples. 



The chairman was authorized to submit this report. 



BEN: PERLEY POORE, Chairman. 



STATEMENT OF .1. D. W. FRENCH. 



Xo. Andover, Aug. 6, 1885. 



Chairman Committee on Forest Trees — 



Essex County AgricvUvral Society: 



Dear Sir : — In accordance with your request, I herewith 

 send a statement in regard to the plantation of White Ash 

 trees, &z., which your committee inspected. In the spring 

 of 1878, I planted 1500 White Ash trees, 12 or 15 inches 

 high, oljtained from Robert Douglass and sons, Waukegan, 

 111. Of these about 900 are still alive. They were set out 

 in the green sward, 4 ft. apart, with the spade. They are 

 practically in two plantations, although there are some 

 scattering ones. My entry is 600 trees which may be taken 

 from the two plantations. The smallest, though best lot, 

 consists of 250 trees, situated in a triangular piece of land, 

 opposite my house, formerly part of a pasture, inclining 

 slightly towards the West, with very good soil and some- 

 what moist in a hollow running through a part of it. 

 These trees average about 10 ft. in height. The othei- lot 

 of trees is on higher and dryer land, and have not attained 



*The Trustees decided against suspending its rules to allow this 

 premium. 



