Evening star., 1916-09-08
NUT SHADE TREES
ARE URGED FOR U. S.
Plan Brought Out at Opening
Session of Growers
Convention.
CITY BEAUTIFUL SLOGAN
OF ANNUAL GATHERING
Delegates Make Trip to Inspect Wis
consin Avenue English Wal
nut Trees.

The desirability of planting nut trees
for shade trees in the future through
out the United states, particularly In
Washington, which was described as
a tree city" was strongly brought out
this morning at the beginning OF the
seventh annual convention of the
Northern Nut Growers Association. held
in the New National Museum.
Addresses on this and other subjects
were made by DR.. Robert T. Morris
of New York. Thomas II. Littlepage OF
washington and Bowie, Md, and others.
Noted surgeons, lawyers, educators
orchardists, horticulturists and other
scientists, including many women VINO
are interested in the city beautiful'
movement. gathered mere ,ouaS yith UT
the convention, to take counsel with
each other as to the best means OF pro-
noting the growing OF nut trees
| throughout the country.
| This afternoon the delegates TO the
| convention made an inspection tour OF
! Georgetown and of Wisconsin avenue
out toward the District line. for tho
purpose of examining number OF eng
| lish walnut trees. which they oeciareo
| to be among the most beautllul TO DC
| found in the United States.
Shows Views Of D. c. Trees.
! During his address this morning Mr..
| Ltttlepage exhibited photographs of
masnificent specimens of the English
| walnut tree in the section mentioned
| notably one in the grounds OF Theo-
| dore Barnes, 2433 Wisconsin avenue,
and another in the grounds surround
ing 3115 o street northwest. The true
name Of these trees. Mr. Littlepage
| said, is Persian walnut" He declared
| the desirability of planting nut trees
] for shade trees to be OF special import
ance to the city Of Washington. be-
cause Of the fact that washington Is
such tree city,
| DR., Morris, in advocating the setting
| out of chinquipin trees, pointed out the
| advisability of reverting to tho old
| Greek idea of beauty. namely. that OF
| other words" DIR. Morris said. I'VE
| should set out trees which would mean
| every year tons of nuts instead OF
| merely tons of leaves.
The fact that the chinquipdn iS highly
RESISTANT to the chestnut blight and that
the chinquipin is being used to hybridize
| the chestnut in an attempt to thus create
| a chestnut immune to blight was brought
out in the discussion: Dr MOTHS. VINO Is
| a trustee of Cornell University. Is only
one of many men noted in all walks
Of life who were present and contribut-
ed to the discussion.
DR.. Smith Lectures Tonight.
+, DR.. J. Russell Smith Of the University
of Pennsylvania, the president of tho
association, will speak this evening at
is o'clock, on Lessons From Twenty
One Years Of Nut Experimenting" IL
Illustrated by lantern slides. Tomor-
row morning at II o'clock DR.. J. H.
Kellogg of Battle Creek. Mich. will
address the association on the import
ance Of nuts in tho human diet These
and all other sessions of the conven-
ton are open to tho public
Among other distinguished men pres
| Duzee, president of the National Pecan
Exchange: Prof. William N. HUT,
president of the American Pomologicai
| Society. and others.
One interesting feature Of today's
sessions Of the convention was the In
| formal announcement by DIR. Morris
| that, as the oaks, chestnuts and beeches
| are all cousins and belong to the same