Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1886 [PAGE 286]

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In explanation of the above table it may be said that the distance apart is the original spacing of the trees. Most kinds have been thinned. The dimension of the trees are those taken in October, 1886. The present condition of healthfullness and thriftiness is indicated in the column by x x . Here one x stands for poor order, two, fair only, and three x x x in excellent condition and promising appearance. In tU case of the Larch, a doable indication is required on account of the difference in the plantation on the low and high ground. In the columns of cost, the exact items are put down when known, otherwise approximate estimates are made. When the young trees were purchased, as was the case with all those planted in 1871 and 1872, except the tender Catalpa and Butternut, the exact figure is recorded, but when the seedlings were grown on the University grounds the account of cost was kept with the whole forest-tree nursery—not with the separate rows or blocks of different species. So in the cost of cultivation the amounts named are often obtained by dividing the full amount by the special areas occupied by a single kind. In the column of receipts the amounts are approximate sums. When trees or trimmings were used for the University a definite credit was not usually made, and especially was not to the special kind of tree. The items of cost of the trees and the receipts so far are not regarded as of any importance m the experiment, because they can not be made use of in arranging for another plantation on account of the great variation of prices and circumstances. As already said, the small receipts