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During this second year besides the replacing, about 

 twelve thousand trees were added to the plantation. 



A few measurements were taken among this lot of trees 

 and it was found that one tree, about seven and a half 

 years old had grown four feet four inches in the past 

 eighteen months, on a south west slope, in an especially 

 gravelly part of the field ; and others showed about the 

 same growth, with five and a fourth inches circumference 

 just above the ground. 



Another tree six feet four inches tall, six and one fourth 

 inches circumference near the ground, had made a growth 

 of four feet and six inches in the past two years. 



Five year old trees : — Were probably two years old when 

 sent, and, consequently, will not be five years old till next 

 spring. Perhaps five out of a hundred have died, and about 

 twenty-four thousand were planted. Mrs. Phillips said 

 the roots of these trees were poor when received, but they 

 appeared to have done well. 



This lot has not been cultivated at all, but the weeds 

 have been moved twice in the season, and are reported to 

 have done as well as the others which were kept culti- 

 vated. 



No pruning has been done in either of the three lots, ex- 

 cept to cut off false leaders, and remove many leaders which 

 have been destroyed by borers. 

 No mulching has been done. 



Here we have an example of how an otherwise unprofi- 

 table piece of land, like much else that exists in this State, 

 and elsewhere, composed of true morain formation, can be 

 reclaimed to the benefit of its owner. 



Beyond the enhanced value of the land on which these 

 trees are growing, where they appear to have found good 

 and sufficient nourishment, the adjacent land is improved 

 by the beauty of, and protection from winds to be soon 

 afforded by this prospective grove, which is now well ad- 

 vanced and quickly increasing in size. 



Besides being an example to individuals who can see 



