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— as was partially the case with those in Grantvillo, — did not 

 meet our expectations. More careful cultivation, — loosening the 

 soil, removing weeds, and the application of more fertilizing ma- 

 terial, would have given them a more uniformly thrifty appear- 

 ance, and seems to be necessary to ensure the best results of the 

 undertaking. We consider the enterprise, however, in this case, 

 as in the other, worthy of all commendation, and award to Mr. 

 Smith the second premium of $5.00. 



We recommend that hereafter premiums of the Society should 

 be offered only for plantations of trees which have survived the 

 risks of two or more years growth, give evidence of constant care 

 and cultivation by their owners, and the prospect of ability to en- 

 dure any ordinary exposure in after years. 



Considering the importance of the object and the prospective 

 benefit to the county, as well as to individual proprietors of lands, 

 we also recommend that the premiums be extended and enlarged. 

 For the Committee, 



C. C. SEWALL, Chairman. 



THE GRANTVILLE ORNAMENTAL TREE ASSOCIATION'S 

 STATEMENT. 



The Grantville Ornamental Tree Society beg leave to represent, 

 that their Society was organized on the 23d day of March, of this 

 present year, and consists of thirteen members, who have become 

 such by the payment of one dollar annually. 



This Society having resolved themselves into a Committee of 

 the whole, have been active in their endeavors to create an inter- 

 est in the object for which they are associated, viz. : — The embel- 

 lishment of our streets and public places, — and congratulate 

 themselves, not only on their success in the accomplishment of 

 their immediate object, as a Society, but on the spirit which has 

 been excited and infused into persons who are not of their num- 

 ber ; which is manifested by the planting of ornamental trees on 

 private grounds, the adornment of dwellings, and the general in- 

 terest felt by all classes in the success of this Society. 



Since the formation of the Society, but six months have elapsed ; 

 yet they have caused to be planted, by the roadside in their vil- 

 lage, three hundred and twelve trees, — principally elms, rock 

 maples and white maples. They have spared no pains or expense 

 to perform whatever they attempted in a thorough manner ; dig- 

 ging the holes for the trees, where practicable, six feet in diam- 

 eter and eighteen inches deep ; carting off the subsoil and filling 

 in good loam, or meadow mud well mixed with the top soil ; and 

 mulching a large proportion of the trees with hay, or the top sod 

 of an adjacent meadow. 

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