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of this tree have been so literally fulfilled that it seems ve 
fitting to recall them at this time. n he writes: “In Euroy 
especially, where its American insect ie have never bee 
e indigenous insects never molest it, and where it readi 
also much cultivated in preserved forests for its valuable wood 
Our own attempts to grow the black locust as an ornament 
in the New York Botanical Garden have been unsuccessful ar 
t was in connection with the cutting out of infected tre 
within our own grounds that the writer's attention was fir: 
called to this matter. 
About this time (1914), having learned that the Pennsylvani 
railroad company had started large plantations of black locus 
to be used as ties the writer became curious to know how the 
The pictures accompanying this article show the condition ¢ 
two of these plantations as they appeared in 1913. These ar 
evidently some of the plantations referred to by Mr. White i 
his article quoted above and the results are just as predicted b 
him at that time. 
