30 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETT. 



EVENING. 



Music. 



A Talk ou Maine Birds, Lew M. Felch, Kicker Institute. 



Music. 



Food Value of Nuts and Fruit, Miss Anna Barrows, Boston. 



Music. 



Papers, Discussions, etc. 



AT THE DEERING MEETING. 



HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 



By Prof. B. M. "NVatson, Jr., of Bussey Institute of Harvard 

 University. 



Of late j-ears, particularly during the last eight or ten, a great 

 deal of ornamental planting has been done in the vicinity of the cities 

 and the large towns. This has had the effect of enhancing the value of 

 the land and I think it is now universally conceded that any ornamental 

 planting is likely to increase the value of the real estate on which the 

 trees and shrubs are planted and the real estate in its immediate vicinity. 



BOOKS, ETC., ON HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 



In regard to the literature ou the subject of planting hardy trees and 

 shrubs, there is almost nothing that can be recommended in book form 

 for the New England States. There are plenty of books in French and 

 German ; there are English books, but none of them meet the requii'e- 

 ments of this country. Our best information on these matters comes 

 from the periodical press. 



In regard to the methods which one should choose for planting trees 

 and shurbs, time will hardly permit us to go extensively into this mat- 

 ter ; an excellent book on this subject has been written by Mrs. Van 

 Renssalear, "Art Out of Doors," and any one who is contemplating the 

 establishing of any considerable amount of planting, or if the}'^ are con- 

 sidering the reclamation of anj' considerable amount of land, will find 

 valuable hints and information from this book. 



BELT PLANTING. 



As a general thing it might be said that anj' planting which was done 

 for protection would be done more or less under the head of "belt planta- 

 tion." We have a certain amount of land; this land may have a dis- 

 tinct value for growing purposes; it may be good grass land, it may 

 be land from which large crops come and any intermingling or inter- 

 spersing of trees throughout the body of the land might possibly result 



