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to introduce shade-loving forest plants — hepat- 

 icas, dog's-tooth violets, bloodroot and ferns. 

 Under the pines was a smooth brown carpet of 

 needles where a few years before had been a 

 mowing field. One coxild sit or even stand in 

 seclusion, hidden in the forest. I was filled with 

 pride and happiness. 



It is an interesting and surprising thing that so 

 many different kinds of trees should grow so well, 

 or even grow at all in the same locality. Speci- 

 mens of nearly all the different kinds grew fairly 

 well. Of the evergreens the white spruce grew 

 better than the black or red spruce. It is in- 

 teresting to be able to watch and study these 

 tree species side by side. The pitch pine was 

 the most difficult pine to transplant on account 

 of its tap-root. The magnificent red pine with 

 its splendid long needles, two in a bunch, grew 

 luxuriantly. The American larch, frequenter of 

 bogs, grew vigorously on my dry hillside. The 

 only trees that did distinctly poorly were the 

 beech and the chestnut. Of the former only one 

 survives and that, after twenty years, is only 

 four feet high, but it is vigorous and promises 



