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Mr. Appletou built his house at a point where a good 

 view of the lake could be obtained and the tree planting 

 was begun ; a nursery having been established in 1869 

 which to a great extent formed the basis of supply for his 

 work afterwards. 



To fill this nursery it was necessary to import the entire 

 stuck from England for at that time there were no dealers 

 in this country from whom such supplies could be obtained. 

 Today, however, seedling and older trees of all varieties 

 may be obtained in this country from special dealers and 

 growers, while from our own nurserymen in Essex county 

 and its neighborhood the finest selected home grown speci- 

 mens of most varieties of trees fur ornamental planting 

 may be obtained as, also, larger supplies of the most used 

 sorts for windbreaks, hedges and small plantations. These 

 facts illustrate the advance which has been made in the 

 past twenty years in this direction. 



Trees were planted in groups and singly on the borders 

 of the avenue leading to the house, in suitable positions 

 about it and on the lawn, and towards the north quite 

 thickly to serve as a windbreak ; more trees being planted 

 than were to remain, to provide against accident and for 

 mutual protection. 



The trees used were " Norway, black and white spruce, 

 Austrian, Scotch, red and white pine, hemlock, larch (Euro- 

 pean), several kinds of maple (rock, white and negundo), 

 English and American elm, ash, mountain ash, acacia (honey 

 locust), virgilia, catalpa, willow (salix alba), tulip, Euro- 

 pean beech and American chestnut." Some shrubs and 

 woudy vines were also planted and a few horse chestnuts ; 

 these latter did not flourish and have been removed. 



From the variety of the trees used and the character of 

 the soil of the farm, valuable practical knowledge is to be 

 obtained from Mr. Appleton's experience which will be of 

 great assistance to tree planters over a large portion of 

 Essex county, especially upon lands which are not likely to 

 prove of value for other purposes. It should be remem- 



