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ornamental forest trees^ — pines, Avhite pints especially, grow 

 readily and luxuriantly on lands less suitable for the farmer than 

 others. Such lands should be fenced in to prevent all access, of 

 our cattle, &c., for they destroy the young plants which spring 

 up without our care, every 3 ear. Keep your stock ofl" your forest 

 tree ground and the young trees will grow. 



Mr. Pardee had noticed the local taste of trees — they love cer- 

 tain spots and not others, and we must consult them in forming 

 new forests — for each species will and ought to have its way — 

 chestnuts, sugar maples, and even loheat, will flourish on some 

 lands and not on others. The grand secret for us to find out 

 what lands the various trees and plants love best, and to suit them 

 accordingly. 



Mr. Greeley had observed the liurtful effect of the winds on 

 our western prairies on trees, which iin4 hard work to thrive on 

 that account. The- houses, fences, &.c., held in same measure to 

 shelter the trees. 



Mr. Pardee spoke of the distinct choice of our chestnut tree for 

 certain locations. At Elmira, not a chestnut tree is to be seen — 

 it does not like high gravelly soil. 



Dr. Peck said that our knowledge does not reach the wonder- 

 ful natural growth of one species of tree when a wholly different 

 one has been destroyed. After a hemlock forest was cut off he 

 knew a sugar maple forest to grow up. Our yellow pine repro- 

 duces itself from the seed. I have raised oaks from acorns, and 

 have noticed rarely that under tne branches of an oak tree the 

 ground covered with young oak trees just out of -ground, all of 

 which I found were destroyed by animals. 



Adrian Bergen of Gowanus, Long Island, had grown the black 

 walnut and horse chestnut from the seeds and they grew into 

 trees much faster and better than such as he transplanted. Red 

 cedars grow up among our lands where the forests are off — we 

 think that our crows plant the seeds. The black walnuts tall off 

 when ripe in autumn, still green outside, and I then plant, and 

 they grow readily ; but if kept till spring they hardly grow. 

 White pine has a rapid growth. If you would grow forest trees, 

 all animals must be kept of the ground. 



Dr. Peck — Two little children planted, each one Madeira nut, 

 which grew" and flourished, giving abundant crops of that valua- 

 ble nut. 



The Secretary, many years ago, had one tree about twenty-five 

 feet high, which annually yielded many thousands of nuts, wliich 



