52 STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Four large trees in Jackson Park, Franklin Av., New Brighton. 
One tree, 194 Clove Road, West New Brighton. 
Six trees in lot, cor. De Groot Place and Clove Road, West New 
Brighton. 
Two on De Groot Pl., West New Brighton. 
Two at 380 Clove Road, West New Brighton. 
One at 397.Clove Road, West New Brighton. 
Large tree, 439 Clove Road, West New Brighton. 
Two, cor. Forest Av. and Clove Road, West New Brighton. 
A walk near the western end of Staten Island during the sum- 
mer showed that while many cherry trees had died from the cold 
of winter the mortality among them had not been so great as on 
the easterly end of the island. 
It would be of great interest to know just why so many cherry 
trees died on the island, while the peach trees of the home gardens 
did not suffer in like proportion, and the pear trees still less. For 
the sweet cherry as with every other species there is probably a 
definite point, and when the temperature falls below this the life 
of the tree is in danger. 
This list of winter-killed trees might be considerably extended, 
but enough has been given to show that the damage to vegetation 
has been considerable, greater than in any previous winter that we 
remember or of which we have any record. 
In the Extension Service News and Farm Bureau News, pub- 
lished by the Extension Department of the New York State Col- 
lege of Agriculture, for August 1918, Prof. W. H. Chandler has 
an article on the damage done to fruit trees during the winter of 
1917-18. He says: “The amount of injury to fruit trees by the 
past winter is very great, though of the five fruit counties along 
Lake Ontario only Wayne and Oswego have suffered seriously.” 
“Many sweet cherry trees have been killed . . ., but by far the 
greatest loss has been with apple trees, since more of these are 
planted in the colder sections.” ) 
