ISO Transactions of the Essex Co. Hort. Society. 



lished in appropriate form. Included in this pamphlet is 

 the Annua] Address before the Society by the Hon. Mr. 

 Saltonstall, and the annual reports of the various commit- 

 tees, together with the list of premiums awarded in 1843. 



The address of Mr. Saltonstall is replete with interest, 

 and had we room we should be pleased to offer some ex- 

 tracts. 



The following statement of B. Poore, Esq., in relation to 

 forest trees, we copy entire, as we are sure it will interest 

 our readers. 



From 1819 to 1831, I made a number of unsuccessful attempts to raise 

 forest trees. But in 1832 after witnessing the success that attended 

 planting- of forest trees in England, I commenced planting acorns on a 

 steep hill side, on pasture land, from which some old hickory trees had 

 lately been removed. 



In the same year, I planted acorns in the nursery for the purpose of 

 transplanting to the forest. 



1 have continued the planting in the forest and nursery and when the 

 trees were two years old, transplanted them to the forest from the nur- 

 sery. 



The spot selected was not favorable, as the snow drifted in large quan- 

 tities on the trees and has from time to time broken hundreds. Also, at 

 the commencement there was no shelter for them, which is indispensable 

 in raising oaks. 



I did not make much show till 1836, and my success that year and 

 since, I attributed mainly to the shelter afforded the oaks by bushes that 

 had sprung from the roots of the old walnut trees. 



The trees offered for premium partially cover between two and three 

 acres of land too steep for cultivation, and beside hundreds of \ralnut and 

 other trees, exceed twenty-seven hundred, some of which are more than 

 twenty feet high. We have also, several thousand locust and other 

 forest trees, under a series of experiments to ascertain, if possible, the 

 advantage of trenching and deep ploughing, and also, whether a forest 

 tree is injured by transplanting as for many years it was supposed by 

 writers to be, but so far as my experiments have already gone, it is not 

 injured but rather benefited. Some years, however, will be required to 

 ascertain these results satisfactorily. I however, annex such directions 

 as I would practice in planting forest trees. 



1st. Select such soil as the tree Avhich I intended to propagate grew 

 in, when in forests, to greatest perfection. 



2d. Trench or plow the land according to the depth of soil — if two 

 feet deep, trench the land two feet, but if only eight inches of soil, trench 

 not exceeding twelve inches deep, and in same proportion. 



3d. Keep the acorns, nuts or seeds in dry sand through the winter, 

 and plant early in spring. 



4th. If you transplant from nurseries do it in autumn, soon as tlie leaf 

 falls. The oak should be transplanted the second autumn after sowing 

 the seed. 



5th. For shelter, I would prefer the Scotch larch which I would plant 



