Show BARK BLIGHT FUNGUS SERIOUS AND apparently LITTLE understood DISEASE working great havoc with chestnut trees in several of the eastern states writers attempt to estimate the loss B G CLITON the tact fact that so many shado and forest trees throughout the united stitch states are d dang ing Is causing serious concern on the part of all who inho are arc in te rested in forc forestry stry Nh M nether ether this in bo be caused merely because one Is a lover ot of the ino fine trees which line our city streets et or Nili whether ether one Is the ovner of a forest it is appalling to note as one drives through various sections of the coun try tr the many splendid cices tices turning prematurely bronn or nellois or being entirely entire defoliated by some borne insect pest or disease grand specimens of oak elm maple ash chestnut every enery variety of s A i 1 i w I r J tt 4 i S I 1 I 1 4 1 A f V r I 1 I 1 I 1 kl fungus on elm leaves tree almost in some localities one arlecy more than others sharing the same bamo fate millions of dollars doll irs north of trees han have e been destroyed ed by these NN retched fetched toes foes the past fen years re ot of the tact fact that millions or of dollars are anatia lly spent in the en deahr to tho the destruction ot of our trees certain writers hae attempted to estimate in money alao the loss caused by b the blight of chestnut bark just how bov this loss Is estimated Is not absolutely clear HoN however NeNer it is in te cresting resting to note that in one n writer estimated the damage I 1 in and about new lork ork city alt between betinec f and ten million dollars in 1309 another an th er writer estimated the damage through out parts of the east cast at ten trillions millions ile ho says ra ahe he damage already done 1 in the tha states of now nen york pennal abla anla and new jersey would not be less les thin annele millions of dollars I 1 the gre greatest atecA loss is caused where future profits are in cut out by tho the death of halt half grown gron trees and sprout growth too small toi rot present usi us i it if the disease progresses in the future as actively ely as in the past tile the prospects of 0 our chestnut pretests retests are ilk safa T jy wl 4 A ari i i ats aaa V laws kf 6 y fu ff ff y t ia attias xa tree defoliated in mid summer ner eo poor indeed this means serious los rot foi the chestnut is one of 0 the most useful forest hiees in all ot of the countr i here it occurs besides the loss horn a commercial point cf c ilein there Is the damage cau ec d to the shade and ornamental orm ties and to groes droles kept on estates and parks for rather than practical purposes |