The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-03-20
Shade Trees.

For the Express.
Mr. EDITOR AS the season is approaching
in which most people take pleasure in making
their rural improvements, l hope you will not
consider few remarks about Shade Trees map
propriate in your valuable paper; as they may
be useful to such of your readers as intend to set
out trees this Spring, and from lack Of expert
encc may not be able to do it in the best man
ner; especially to those ofour citizens who have
been unsuccessful, or have set out trees only to
see them die, either from want of proper man.
agement in transplanting; or from making Sc
lcctions of such sorts were not adapted tothe
soil aud aspect in which they were intended to
grow.
The following is catalogue of the trees only
that are generally in use for shade or ornament,
and are easily obtained from our forest or nurse
rics; with statement of the soil best suited to
their growth.
MAPLEs-The Hard Sugar or Rock Maple,
thrives best in deep loan or light clayey soil,
and will bear wet better than drouth, but will
grow en- dry lands provided sand does not pre-
dominate too far. Soft :'iaples prefer wet lands,
and bear transplanting we'll if done early.
AsH-Both the Black and White Ash thrive
best in wet land, but the White will grow on up
land where the soil is clayey loan.
MOUNTAIN AsH.-Of this there are several
kinds, atho' not plenty in our forests here, may
be obtained from the nurseries and is one of the
most desirable ornamental trees we have of
dwarfish habit, and will thrive on any soil that
has mi xture Of clay, but to insure success
| should be transplantcd when very young. They
make very large trees.
LINDEN.-'rhe Linden or Eastwood is of
quick growth and thrives best in light rich loan
CogroN Wood.-Cotton Wood is native of
our river shores and islands-a very hardy, thrift.
ty-growng, clean tree: thrives best in alIuval
or sandy SOIL aud is well adapted to the most
sandy situations in our streets.
! AsrEN-The Aspen is very hardy and easily
transplanted and thrves in any light clayey soil
but is of very little value when grown.
The CATALPA, and the AILANTHUs have been
introduced here; both beautiful Towering trees
but our winters are rather cold for them except
in some sheltered situations. They thrive best
in light clayey, or gravclly lonm.
LoMBARDY POPLAR The Lombardy Poplar
has also been introduced here, and consequently
we may soon expect to see a colony of Income
f ly, voracous inhabitants in its branches. Blu
for the benefit of those who may wish to cult
vate an acquaintance with such neighbors, | viii
state that the tree like many other worthless
things is easily propagated, as it will grow from
/ cuttings and in any dry soil
YELLOW OR BLACK LocUsT.-This is one O
the hardest and most profitable trees for the for
> mer to plant by the road side or around farm
e house, and will thrive in almost any dry soil il
Y which there is mixture Of clay.
CHERRy.-Ihe last tree that shall notice
> and perhaps the most desirable for those VIII
: wish to combine the useful with the ornamer
:, tai is the Cherry, Of which there are many var
# eties and but for the scarcity and high prices
= the better sorts, we nigh expect to them
. more general use for shade and ornament. VIII;
u can be more beautiful than avenue of the la
# ger growing sorts of Black Cherry trees atfore
F,,l 4. 4 =
T. best in rich gravelly sandy loan, but is so ha
dy tree that it will grow in almost any dry sol
re but should be transplanted quite young as it
- the most difficult Of all fruit trees TO transpan
II.