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Tilia americana ; a Silver maple, Jlcer eriocarpum ; a beecTi tree, 

 Fagus americana ; together with one or two oaks, Quercus rubra; 

 and a B.ilin of Gilead tree. Idea guianensis ; the only species of 

 poplar which your committee deem worth the trouble of grow- 

 ing and cultivation. These are all American forest trees of the 

 native growth, and far superior, in the opinion of your commit- 

 tee, as t;hade trees, to any shade tree that has bet^n introduced 

 into this country of an exotic growth. Trees for ornament and 

 usefulness are ibund in our American forests, in numbers far be- 

 yond computation ; they have only to be taken up when small 

 and transplanted to the grounds immediately around our dwel- 

 lings, to form the most elegant and useful artificial groves, and at 

 a trifling expense. Almost every degree of latitude and longi- 

 tude on the globe possesses a system of vegetation more or less 

 peculiar to itself, and adapted to the natural exigencies of their 

 location. While we have so many kinds of shade trees of our 

 own native growth unsurpassed in beauty and usefulness, why run 

 around tlie world to bring hither the unhealthy ailanthus and the 

 offensive poplar. 



The Sugar maple and the Beech are trees peculiarly free from 

 insects, and abounding in leaves of a delicate and deep green, 

 they are everywhere to be found, and adapted to the soil and cli- 

 mate of all regions visited by frost or snows. 



The farm of Col. Morris is located so near the city ot New- York, 

 that it is cultivated with great advantage mostly for a market 

 garden, it furnishes feed for a large number of cows, which are 

 used for dairy-purposes, and the supply of milk which is daily 

 sold in the New- York market. 



The derails of the operations of this farm have been furnished 

 by the proprietor himself, and your committee have incorporated 

 the same into this report j these details speak for themse]ves. 



MoRisANiA, Dcc.^ 27, 1852. 

 Gentlemen : 



This farm is worked on shares by Mr. Wm. Baity. It contains 



about 200 acrfs, of which 55 are salt marsh. Thirty acres are 



planted with apple trees, which do not now prove productive on 



account of the thickly settled neighborhood which is found to 



