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Light, ventilation and a certain amount of living room are 

 necessary to eacli plant, but as our woods are quite open, and 

 there is a considerable space here and there which was formerly 

 occupied by trees that could now be replanted with advan- 

 tage, arrangements might properly be made to supplement our 

 woods from time to time by planting young and thrifty kindred 

 trees. These are principally oaks, hickory, chestnut, tulip, 

 elm, gum, maple, dogwood and some minor varieties. In a 

 few years any considerable number of well preserved forest 

 trees such as here are contained, to be found in the vicinity of 

 our large cities, will come to be of more than common objects 

 of interest, and as such, and for the purpose of instruction to 

 the young, their continued association as a comparatively dis- 

 tinct feature with the varied attractions of a beautiful park, 

 would be very desirable. 



To carry out this object properly, a nursery for the propa- 

 gation and development of this class of trees could be estab- 

 lished for the purpose of supplying the necessaiy material. 



In other plantations elsewhere, opportunities have been 

 availed of, in the Spring and Fall, to regulate by pruning and 

 cleaning out a great deal of the material which had become 

 surplusage. This comprised shrubbery in variety, such as 

 grew quickly and used therefore often for producing effects 

 readily ; together with other more substantial plants, where 

 intergrowth had produced undesirable massiness and where 

 valuable trees for permanent effect, had attained to sufficient 

 individuality as to justify their stronger definition and protec- 

 tion. A large quantity of material has been thus taken out, 

 great care having been exercised in its removal, and nothing 

 was done without a purpose based upon the object and inten- 

 tion of the original planting. In some instances trees and 

 shrubs have died and others have been injured beyond recovery. 

 At these points and in cases where the planting has not been 

 completed, it is intended to plant and to add such material as 

 will be found to be appropriate for the locality. During the 

 past season we have transferred from the more largely devel- 



