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year, it was reported by the Board that the trees 

 had been planted. There are to-day, nineteen of 

 these trees remaining, varying in circumference at 

 five feet from the ground, from seven feet and nine 

 inches to ten feet and ten inches, the average cir- 

 cumference of all of the trees being nine feet and six 

 inches. 



There are also many young white willows, perhaps 

 twenty-five feet high, and in a fine healthy condition, in 

 the private grounds of the Naumkeag Street Railway, 

 planted at the time the road was extended to this point. 

 They are behind the high fence beyond which few per- 

 sons penetrate. Could that architectural monstrosity, 

 the " Siege of Paris " building, be torn down, the long 

 bowling alley removed to the rear of the lot, the high 

 fences taken away, and the grounds laid out to corres- 

 pond with those at the north of the maiu roadway, which 

 was so judiciously done at the time of the removal of 

 the row of restaurants by the city, the improvement 

 would be immense. We all hope that this may be ac- 

 complished some day, either by the street railway or 

 by the city, or by both co-operating, when the addition- 

 al willows brought to view would make the name of the 

 park even more appropriate than before. 



There are several varieties of the white willow, and 

 the trees common hereabouts are no doubt to be placed 

 among these, rather than the type of the species itself. 

 All of the willows have their male and female flowers 

 on separate trees, and hence there is great opportunity 

 for the intermingling of the pollen among the different 

 species, by the bees while seeking honey, and many 

 hybrids and varieties are constantly met with every- 

 where. Naturally, therefore, willows are among the 



