Box 22, Folder 8: Trees of Wisconsin 1859, 1867

W. Dunlap

Trees Introduced into Wisconsin & Cultivated by W. Dunlap.

*Please note opposite each the year when first introduced whether hardy, useful, ornamental &c. &c.-Oblige I.A. Lapham

[Paulownia imperialias Paulownia] (Not really a tree large shrub. Too tender for the climate)

Liriodendron tulipfera Tulip Tree (Very ornamental and does well in this climate) Tillia Europea Lindew (Perfectly hardy and a beautiful tree. Wood is used in Europe for sounding boards of variety) Asculus Hippocastanum Horse Chestnut (Slow growth. Fine ornamental tree quite hardy) Robinia Pseudacacia Locust (Good tree to grow for firewood of [illegible] [illegible] very liable to be destroyed by the borer) " viscosa Clammy Locust (Not worth growing) Circus Canadensis Judas Tree (Beautiful small tree too tender for this climate) Gymnoclaudus Canadensis Ky. Coffee Tree Gleditschia Triacanthus Honey Locust (Fine ornamental tree) Acer platanoides Norway Maple (Noble tree of the most rapid growth. Often capable of being [tapped?] in 1-2 years & makes fine sugar) Asculus rubicunda Red flowered Horse Chestnut (Always injured by cold below 20 degrees below zero) Amygdylus persica Peach Pyrus domestica Plum (Does well in this climate) Prunus armerica Apricott (Same as Peach) cerasus Cherry Mahaleb Perfumed Cerry Pyrus malus Apple (Do well here) communis Pear (Does well when not colder than 16 or 18 degrees below zero) Siberica Siberian Crab (Perfectly hardy & very ornamental) Cydonia vulgaris Quince (Does not stand this climate well enough to be profitable) Fraxinus excelsior European Ash (Noble forest tree of most rapid growth & timber of finest quality into the climate well. Imported one 1856) " " Pendula Weeping (Very ornamental) Morus alba White Mulberry Castanea verca Chestnut (Does not do well here much inclined? to be shrubby)

Betula alba European Birch (This tree grows very well on the poorest soil. Wood is much used by [lyneres?] for wooden ware) incisa or laciniata Cut leaved Birch (very ornamental tree grows well. Imported 1855)

Salix Babylonica Weeping Willow ([Illegible] tender except in very sheltered places) vitallina Yellow Willow (pretty small tree quite hardy) purpurea New American Weeping Willow (Quite hardy stands climate well) rosmarinifolia

? Kilmarnock Weeping Willow (This beautiful tree was first [illegible] [farmed?] & with botanist [illegible] [illegible] and worked on the cosinwell? stock upbringing tree it is the most beautiful of all the weeping willows)

Populus dilatata Lombardy Poplar (Very fast growing tree of little value as atimbered tree) alba Silver leaved Poplar (Much same as above)

Fagus sytvalica European Beech ( Does not do well in this climate. I simported both this & the following variety in 1855 & 6.) " " var. Purple Beech

Maculura Osage Orange (Too tender for this climate)

Ulmus campestris European Elm (Fine forest tree of rapid growth. Imported 1855). " montana Wych Elm. Scotch Elm (Same as above) " racemosa Cork barked Elm "campestris (var suberosa) European cork bark Elm " " Huntington Elm

Pyrus ancuparia European Mountain Ash (Fine ornamental tree. Imported 1855). " " var. Oak leaved " " (French variety of slower growth but very ornamental)

Alantus glandulosa (Tree of most rapid growth) Catalpa cordifolia (Beautiful ornamental tree for Door yard. Slightly tender for this climate) Cratoegus oxycanthus Hawthorn (Does not do well much subject to...[see next page] Holley (Too tender for climate. Impt. 1855 all...[see next page] African Tamarick (Pretty shrub) [Ilex?]

Sophora japonica (Too tender for this climate)

Ornus Europeus Flowering Ash

Salix pentandia

[Illegible/cut off pencil written text on left side next to Thuja]

Pinus Austrica Austrian pine (Fine evergreen forest tree of rapid growth. Rhis & the following are two of the most desirable trees for farmers to plant for shelter. Imported 1855.) sylvestris Scotch pine excelsior

Abies excelsa Norway spruce (Of rapid growth & perfectly hardy. One of the finest timber trees & of rapid growth) Larix Europea Larch Thuja orientalis European Arbor Vitae [Illegible] in this climate" tartauca Siberian " " (Perfectly harday a beautiful evergreen) " " " " Goldew " " (No use except as a Greenhouse plant) Salisburia adiantifolia [Gilko?] Tree (Magnificant tree with a beautiful [illegible] like lobed? crowded & much grown if better known but always scarce & very Dear)

Milwaukee June 16 1867

I.A. Lapham. Esq.

Sir [illegible] I was asked what trees to plant to be [remmomorative?] to the Plants I would recommend the following trees Scotch Pine, Norway Spruce, European Ash, Larch, Birch, & the varieties of oak these when young should be planted about 4 ft apart both ways. In ten years the trees would pay for themselves.

I am Dear Sir Yours [L.N.?] [Dunley?]

[Overwritten pencil text on bottom left...mildew in hot weather ...killed by frost first year.]