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STATEMENT. 



These trees were set out in the spring of 1896, eighteen 

 inches to two feet high, in rows about eight feet each 

 way. 



Ground was first prepared, ploughed, harrowed and 

 manured, and cultivated between the rows, for the two 

 seasons following the planting, then laid to grass. 



Francis R. Appleton. 



On the 1st inst. this Committee visited Saugus and 

 viewed an entry of ornamental trees, offered by Mr. M. 

 B. Faxon. The trees were planted on either side of the 

 Town Hall and in its rear, in rows. The trees varied in 

 kind and were as follows : — 



On southerly side, one catalpa speciosa, two sugar ma- 

 ples, one Weir's cut-leaved maple, and one American 

 linden, the catalpa being nearest the front of the Town 

 Hall ; two American shining-leaved willows in rear ; and 

 one canoe birch, one Norway maple, one white ash, and 

 one cut- leaved birch, the latter being the nearest to the 

 front of the hall and in the row on the northerly side. 



The grass plots were well cared for, and the trees stand- 

 ing, as they did, at judicious distances from the hall, were 

 an effect, and a public example, the committee consider, 

 which is most praiseworthy and to be commended. 



The Committee recommend honorable mention to Mr. 

 Faxon for this action taken in Saugus. 



Francis H. Appleton, Chairman, 

 For himself, and by direction of Messrs. David Pingree 



and John Robinson, Committee. 



P. S. We desire to thank Mr. Faxon for accompanying 

 the Committee upon a most interesting walk, and through 

 a remarkable avenue of evergreen trees, adjoining his 

 own estate. 



