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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1871
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94 of trees well shaped. In May and June the trunks were washed with soft soap and water or a solution of sal soda and water, with very evident good results. The latter wash seems best. Vacancies and places previously too wet for planting, have been filled from the nursery. The ground has been plowed toward the trees, and the wet places well ridged up for planting this spring. Corn was planted among the trees and the stalks left standing for winter shelter. The caterpillars of the Datana ministry the Cecropia moth and the Hammond Leaf-tyer, have been quite troublesome, but have been closely watched and nearly subdued. THE NURSERIES Are in satisfactory condition. Considering the severe drought of the season, a very small per cent, of the young and newly planted trees have been lost. Those that were heavily mulched did the best. Two thousand White Ash seedlings were not received till May 9th, yet they appear to have grown better than any other trees. Mr. Vickroy considers this tree one of the very best for timber plantations; grows rapidly, valuable for many purposes in 10 to 20 years, and exceedingly valuable in older age. The following trees were received and put in the nursery for the forest tree plantation: From Samuel Edwards, Lamoille, 111.: Norway Spruce. White Pine White Willow cuttings Black Spruce Hemlock Tulip , Red Pine Black Sugar Maple Basswood Robert Douglass & Son, Waukegan, 111.: American Arbor-Vitse Red Cedar, (nearly all dead,)... $ W. A. Nourse, Moline, 111.: White Ash. Sugar Maple, (white) White Elms Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y.: k Mahaleb Cherry Auger's Quince * Pear Stocks. 20,000 10,000 6,000 36,000 100 100 100 800 14,000 8,000 8,000 2,000 3,000 .3,000 425 <. 10,000 4,000 250 50 300
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