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An unusually large proportion of the trees started in the spring 

 and continued to grow well through the summer, having ap- 

 parently received no check by transplanting. 



The first movement of this Society, after its formation, was to 

 solicit subscriptions of money, labor, or trees, to Avhich our friends 

 nobly responded ; and Ave have collected and paid out cash for 

 trees and labor in planting, $130.50. We have also received, 

 by donations, trees and labor, which, valued at the same rate as 

 those for which cash was paid, amount to $143.18. 



Thus the whole cost of the three hundred and twelve trees 

 planted by this Society, is two hundred and seventy-three dollars 

 and sixty-eight cents. 



Of the condition of these trees, it is unnecessary for us to 

 speak, as your Committee have so recently examined them ; but 

 we trust they will compare favorably, in this respect, with any 

 similar number of trees in this county ; and whatever view the 

 Committee may take of them, we individually feel that our money 

 has been well invested and our time well spent. We feel, too, a 

 sort of parental fondness for our bantlings, which we trust will 

 endure until the Avinds shall chant our requiem among their 

 branches. 



H. L. Stone, Secretary. 



MR. A. L. SMITH'S STATEMENT. 



Gentlemen — I oflfer for premium forty-two trees, which I have 

 set by the roadside for shade and ornament. A part of them 

 were planted in the spring of 1855, and the remainder in the 

 spring of 1856. In setting the trees, I applied well pulverized 

 meadow mud and chip dirt to the roots, and they are now well 

 rooted, and have made a satisfactory growth. Last season the 

 earth was turned over and loosened about them. They are, in 

 number and variety, as follows : — nine rock maples, thirteen elms, 

 seventeen red flowering maples, and three white ash. 



Yours respectfully, 



A. L. Smith. 



Dover, Nov. 21, 1857. 



