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MT. ODIN PARK ANI> EXPEBIMENTAL OKCHARDS. 



Mt. Odin, overlooking Greenesburgh, the capital of Westmoreland County, and 

 commanding an extensive view of Southwestern Pennsylvania, is one of the many 

 western foot-hills of the Alleghany Mountains — n stepying-stone from the harren 

 lieight*! of Ajipalachia into the fertile depths of the valley of the Mississippi. 



The Park includes a ten-acre patch of the forest primseval, and contains a note- 

 worthy number and variety of native trees of grand proportions, Chestnut, Walnut. 

 White, Red, and Black Oak, Shellbark and Pignut Hickories, Ai-h. Gum, I^ocust, Sugar 

 Maple, Beech, and the imperial magnoliads, the White, or Hickory, Tulip-tree, and the 

 Yellow, with typical specimens of the smaller forest-growths, Sassafras, Honey Locust. 

 Dogwood, Wild Cherry, Laurel-leaved Oak, Butternut, and their congeners. 



The Orchards are Old and New : the former containing a variety of fruit-trees set 

 out betimes during the past twenty years by the pre&cnt proprietor, and the broken 

 ranks of two apple-orchards planted by his predccessois. the first perhaps three quarter> 

 of a centiu"y ago, and the second, some five and twenty years. The New are especially 

 the Experimental Orchards, and — oon nmore — are designed for the testing of all kinds 

 of fruits for the region of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and the propagation of the best. 

 Altogether, Mt. Odin Park and ICxperiniental Orchards embrace sixty-four 

 acres ; and range in elevation above the circle of the sea from lV2o to l:llo feet; in expo- 

 sure, from point to point the circuit of the compass; and in soil, from the toughest ot 

 limestone clay to nearly pure sand. 



Accordingly, New Fruits of probable utility in the region of Southwestern Penn- 

 sylvania are wanted and solicited from all middle-temperate parts of the world, and 

 will receive such attention, horticultural and reportorial. as the contents of this ckeck- 

 list evince the proprietor is capalile of bestowing in a favorite pm-suit. 



