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Answer. As long as they have not rej)orted, it is not 

 necessary to explain, and I think they do not have the real 

 Maine grown trees. 



Question. That is a point I wish to ask. How many of 

 these trees are brought from New York ? It is said that many 

 of the trees sold as Maine e^rown trees are brousfht here from 

 New York, kept in a nursery a little while and then sold. 

 Don't let us be cheated on our own ground. 



The President. I think I can say safely, there are none 

 of those trees which I have reported that are not Maine grown 

 trees. The extensive nurseries which I have reported here I 

 am certain are Maine grown trees, originating in the State, 

 and from Maine seed. 



Question. All directly from the seed, do you understand? 



Answer. I do. 



Mr. Floyd. The question suggests a fact to me, which I 

 am almost ashamed to state. A few years ago a gentleman 

 of WestWaterville advertised in these parts that he had a lot 

 of trees to sell, which were growing in his nursery, and he 

 said they were native trees. I bought some of them and set 

 them out, and in two years every one was dead. I found they 

 all originated in New York. They were sent here and had 

 survived one year. 



The President. Have I reported his name? 



Answer. I hope not. 



Mr. Carr. I want to ask a question, and I ask it for in- 

 formation, to put people on their guard. We get cheated 

 often, and sometimes in our nest, as you may call it. I un- 

 derstand there are many trees growing in Maine, to-day, in 

 that way ? 



The President. No doubt of that. And so far as the 

 chair is concerned, he has had intercourse enough with man- 

 kind to know that every man must look out for himself. 



Mr. Smith. On that ground it would be safer for every- 

 one to buy seedling trees, and gi'aft them when he gets ready. 

 He can get scions from any source. It would be a safer 

 course, I think. 



