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and is at maturity the most valuable of all our trees for its timber. 

 The paper proceeds to show the commercial and other values of this 

 tree, and the ease with which it may be profitably grown. It will be 

 published in full in the Annual Eeport. 



Mr. Chas. Arnold, Paris, read an interesting paper, in which he 

 considered the question, What shall we plant ? and answered it by 

 saying, " Plant apple trees for profit, and still continue to plant, until 

 at least one-eighth of this portion of Ontario shall be covered with 

 apple trees," and gave as his reasons that no portion of the earth can 

 grow better apples, and but a very small portion can grow as good ; 

 while the great north-west now being so rapidly settled must buy its 

 supply of apples. 



Besides planting apple trees, however, Mr. Arnold advised the 

 planting of belts of Norway Spruce around the orchards, and the 

 planting of waste land, liillsides and steep slopes and banks, with such 

 trees as the Black Walnut, Hickory, and other kinds that will thrive 

 in the various localities. This paper will also appear in the Annual 

 Eeport. 



Mr. B. Gott, Arkona, read a paper on forest tree seeds and seedlings, 

 in which he spoke of the influence of forestry upon our fruit growing 

 and agricultural interests, the value of timber belts and wooded lands 

 in modifying the force of winds, and protecting fruit trees and grain 

 crops from siidden changes of temperature. That we might be enabled 

 to propagate these trees cheaply, he called attention to the proper 

 time for gathering and planting seeds of our forest trees. The Maples 

 ripen their seeds early in summer, and grow best if gathered and sown 

 immediately, and indeed all tree seeds germinate most freely if sown 

 as soon as they ripen, Mr. Gott proceeded to give some directions for 

 preserving tree seeds in a fresh state, and also for the preparation of 

 seed beds, the sowing of seeds, and the care of the young seedlings, for 

 full details of which we must refer our readers to the paper, which 

 will be given in full in the next Annual Eeport. 



Mr. W. Saunders, London, read a paper on some deciduous trees 

 and shrubs worthy of more general cultivation. We have not space 

 to enumerate all that were mentioned, but must contei.it ourselves 

 with noticing a few, knowing that our readers will have the paper in 

 full in the next Annual Eeport, and can then study it at their pleasure. 

 One that Mr. Saunders mentioned is a native of our own forest, and 



