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tion, and to the object desired in planting, although no 

 variety will excel, or perhaps equal, our native Elm for 

 majestic grandeur and beautiful proportions. 



Nearly all of our ornamental as well as fruit trees are 

 subject to attacks of disease or insects which mar the 

 beauty, check the growth, and even cause death unless 

 protected. Diligent watchfulness is the price of success, 

 here as well as elsewhere on the farm. 



The Elm is subject to the ravages of the canker worm. 

 My Linden trees were this year badly eaten by the same or 

 a similar worm, and had I not sprayed them with paris 

 green, they would have been stripped of all foliage. The 

 White ash is subject to a blight in the early season, causing 

 black spots on the leaves, though later growth seems to 

 overcome it, so that the effect is not noticed. 



The Norway maple is, I think, a very desirable tree, but 

 it is liable to be affected unfavorably by atmospheric influ- 

 ences. One side of mine had a brownish appearance 

 which came on suddenly from this cause. The Norway 

 maple is in danger, more than other varieties, of splitting 

 down where there are crotches of large limbs. When 

 young, care should be taken in pruning to have a main 

 centre trunk, instead of cutting it off and thereby causing 

 several main limbs to branch out. The horse chestnut is 

 a very beautiful tree in form, foliage, and especially in 

 flower. It is a rapid grower after it is well established. 

 But a heavy wind while the foliage is tender in the early 

 season will seriously mar its beauty for the rest of the 

 season. The balm of gilead is a very hardy, rapid-grow- 

 ing tree, and will probably bear exposure to the ocean 

 storms better than any other variety, and is very valuable 

 on that account. It also has valuable medicinal properties 

 that with many persons are the cure-all of the family and 

 of the neighbors. Mr. Tudor found it of great service on 



