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purposes, together with the ease of propagation when once established, 
suggest an extension of its use also for shelter planting in more south- 
ern latitudes. 
While it is true that the natural forest resources of the South are 
rich and varied and by no means near exhaustion, the addition of these 
species of foreign origin, in special localities and under special con- 
ditions, will not be found devoid of interest and usefulness. 
B. EK. FERNOW. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., September 15, 1895. 
