Evening journal., 1921-07-22
NATURE KIND
TO DELAWARE
Naturalist Says State Is
One of Most Interesting
to Plant Lovers
THINKS TREES AT
BEST IN WINTER

Delaware. from the standpoint
Of the nature lover, is one Of the
most interesting sections Of the
country" John Henry Frome. ma
turalist, declared. in a lecture de-
livered last evening at the University
of Delaware Summer school. IN
the southern part of the State one
finds a typical southern forest, with
all the plant and insect life that ac-
companies it; in the northern part
of the State, the typical fora of the
Piedmont plateau is found. In a
little State not more than 81 miles
in length one can find almost an in
finite variety pf plant life"
Mr.. Frome illustrated his talk on
THE Nature Lover in the Forest" ."
(using forest in the sense OF out Of
doors) by beautiful slides which he
had colored himself. The lecture
emphasized the wealth of beauty to
be found in the forest and was
freighted with interest for all those
who love to roam through the woods
and fields Have you noticed that
white pine leaves run in bundles 20
Mr.. Frome asked. Whether you
find FIVE or three or one growing to-
gether II you cut them across they
will separate to form perfect circle.
Did you know that the violet is a
! type OF degenerate? Not one flower
out Of a thousand fulhls its function
Of propagating its kind. The real
work OF the plant is done by the lit
+ tie hidden flowers which late in sum-
mer come without flare OF color and
work quietly away, producing the
seed for the perpetuation OF this
general favorite.
ITO the real tree lover" Mr.
Frome said, "the trees in winter
with the beauty OF their trunks un-
veiled by the absence Of the shadowy
leaves, are even more beautiful thar
in the summer season. with a littl,
observation one can soon learn tC
recognize across country by the out
line, the kind OF tree. from tn,
growth OF its branches" The state
ment was illustrated by an elm
whose boughs we're filled out witt
hundreds OF little twigs. I'VE MAJ
know" Mr.. Frome said, that thi
tree in summer has a small leaf
Contrast with this type the walnut
hickory and large leafed tree wher
the limbs are wide apart and viii
no small twig growth.
The speaker referred to, as one o
the tragedies Of the forest, the chest
nut blight which has made Il prac
tically impossible to find a tree o
this kind within one hundred milel
OF New York The chestnut bligh
originated in this country, It Is be
p lieved. in the importation of n fun
gus blight which was brought int,
the port OF New York from prob
ably Japan. It first spread to tn
trees OF the Bronx and from ther'
' to adjoining districts Of New Yorl
fand New Jersey. In spite of the grea
amount Of money spent in the searcl
for some method OF control, tn
chestnut trees OF this country seen
doomed. Like the human body, tn
germ OF the chestnut blight can b
present in any number, and the tre
, remain unharmed so long as tn
bark is whole: as soon as a limb
bruised by a boys club or broke
by the wind. the germ gets on tn
inside and the destructive work
begun. Mr. Frome showed a pictur
of a giant chestnut which had bee
| ! saved from the original forest on tn
/. lawn OF Mr.. Johnson, president q
the Baldwin Locomotive Works TIL
=, blight reached this tree. Specialist
I, were called from everywhere to say
4 Il. Between twelve and fifteen thous
. and dollars was spent on II, but /
q spite OF all this. the second pictur
- showed the dead trunk.
n This evening Mrs. Minnie Fishe
!. Cunningham. executive secretary {
% the National League OF Women Voi
e ers. will discuss ''Woman's Relauo
e 10 the National Situation" in Wo
Hall. at 7.30. standard tima