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with little or no warning. The roots of such trees may be broken or 
greatly loosened and all affected or supposedly affected in this way 
should be carefully examined and either removed, or, if sufficiently 
valuable, drawn back to the perpendicular, guyed in place, pruned to 
offset root injury and fed as soon as possible, especially on the side where 
root damage is presumably greatest and a little outside the broken or 
damaged roots in order to stimulate the extension of the root system as 
well as its development. 
There are also the strained and in many cases decidedly weakened 
branches which should be removed or securely fastened in place with 
cables or screw rods. It is presumably unnecessary to mention the 
numerous broken stubs and hideous scars. The normal procedure of 
cutting back stubs, trimming all exposed wood to a smooth surface and 
the protection of this with a wound dressing is apparent to all. 
Salt spray injury was a minor though striking feature of the storm in 
eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island and portions of eastern Massachu¬ 
setts. Much of the area from Ivoryton in Connecticut, east to Provi¬ 
dence, R. L, and northerly in the Quinnebaug Valley to Danielson, 
Conn., and Webster and Charlton, Mass., some 50 miles from the sea, 
showed a week after the storm a general grayish discoloration markedly 
different from that of normal foliage in late September. The foliage of 
white pines even 15 miles from the shore was badly burned by the salt 
spray and many pines dropped most of their needles. 1 Spraying with 
Latex or a thin wax solution will check evaporation through the winter 
and is recommended as the most promising method of protecting such 
trees. 
There is also probability of root injury developing in areas inundated 
by the storm wave or even in sections where considerable salt spray was 
carried inland. Soils flooded by sea water for two days still contain 
considerable salt. It has been stated that following the September 23, 
1815, storm the saltness of wells remained until November, some not 
becoming fresh for two years. 
It is gratifying to state that the early impression of utter desolation 
and destruction in areas where the hurricane was most severe has been 
modified by subsequent developments. It is true that to a certain ex- 
ffn discussion following the reading of this paper, Mr. H. L. Bailey of Vermont 
reported a white deposit on windows washed shortly before the hurricane and which 
proved on analysis to be common salt or sodium chloride, evidently dried salt spray 
wind-borne to Montpelier 120 miles from the ocean. 
