In a recent address Dr. Warder says: "And now in condemning the next tree and banishing it from the streets, another set of our good people will feel oppressed. The Nurseryman says : * * * ' The water maple is so easily grown, so quickly attains saleable size, it is so certainly transplanted, and the customers get it so cheaply, 'tis no wonder that thousands are planted in every Western town. And yet it is a poor tree for any purpose when compared with others of its own class. It has neither beauty, majesty, nor strength to recommend it, but breaks with every storm. However, it has its use as a civilizer, and is an advance on the poplar tribe. It may have a temporary occupation of the streets under promise of being removed as soon as its legitimate companions, the Norway maples, the red maples, and other slow-growing trees, have come to need the space the water maples have been granted between them. It may be planted as an alternate for its temporary shade, but only on condition that it shall be removed in due time.'" Instead of the Nurseryman feeling "oppressed" by these remarks, we fancy he will rather give the good doctor thanks.

It is a mistake to suppose that because a tree can be cheaply raised it is therefore a profitable tree.