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Eastern Shade Tree Conference. 
Organization and Business. 
Patrons. 
Registrants. 
Address of Welcome.. William J. Robbins 
The Purposes of the Conference. W. 0. Filley 
The Storm in Newark, N. J., of Wednesday, September 21. Carl Bannwart 
Hurricane Damage to Park and Street Trees in New York City 
..... Allyn R. Jennings 
Shade Trees and The Future in New Haven, Conn. .... Frederick Selden Raton 
The Hurricane in Rhode Island and Its Lessons for a Future Shade Tree Policy 
•... A. E. Stene 
Cemetery Trees with Illustrations of Storm Damage. 0. F. Burbank 
Storm Damage in Vermont and the Forest Tent Caterpillar.. .Harold L. Bailey 
Dealing with Storm Damage in Central Massachusetts. .Malcolm A . McKenzie 
Wood Rots as Factors Before and After The Hurricane. Perley Spaulding 
Combatting Infection of Storm Damaged Trees.. Rush P. Marshall 
The Relation of Insect Work to Hurricane Damage. S. W. Bromley 
Japanese Beetle as a Shade Tree Pest and Its Control in the East 
. C.H. Hadley 
The Spruce Sawfly {Diprion polytomum Htg.) and the European Pine Shoot 
Moth {Rhyacionia buoliana Schiff.).. R. B. Friend 
The Gypsy Moth as It Approaches the Barrier Zone. A. F. Burgess 
Dutch Elm Disease Control in New York State. W. H. Rankin 
Dutch Elm Disease Eradication Work in New Jersey. E. G. Rex 
The Dutch Elm Disease Situation in Connecticut. W. 0. Filley 
Studies of Root Systems of Trees. D. T. MacDougal 
The Broader Aspects of Hurricane Damage. E. P. Felt 
Soil Fertility and Root Development.. Carl G. Deuber 
Trees on City and Village Streets. C. E. Van Fleet 
Street Trees in New York City... Nelson Miller Wells 
Hurricane Damage in Hartford and Better Trees for Street and Ornamental 
Planting. George H. Hollister 
Shade Tree Problems of Massachusetts Highways. John V. McManmon 
The Shade Tree Program of Connecticut. John L. Wright 
Breeding Trees for Disease Resistance.. Arthur Harmount Graves 
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