The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-04-16
PLANT TREES.

If YOU own portion of Gods earth; if the
possession Of It gives YOU prof, or pleasure
Il Oh i: is vour home, then make that blessed
s,,j, the centre OF Your ambition, Your labor>
and Your JOYS There is not a home a farm
4 house ~ E,,mont but may be made pleas
IN to the eye, and that too without the AID .
Of money. Initiate Nature When Adam
anil Eve would adorn themselves, they resort
&c! to the trees When a man would atorn .
his farm or his house, let him 90 the Trees.
Vermont, in FIVE years, mi .ht present t!y
mo>t pleasing landscape Of any state III the
i,nion. simply by planting trees around the
.,.rm houses, school houses and churches, and
iloug the public road. Most Of our dwellings
are plainly and substantially built, and are
unaclorncd by architecture, because our house
builders cannot afford it, chopc they will
never import styles OF architecture >ultcton'y
to warm climates and to houses made OF stone.
We hope that they who build Will avoid all
,aiution and shun it as dctornity. Let
eur house architecture be suited to our wants,
70 uur latitude. to our climate, to our means
.. con ~,ruction,a and to our materials ior huild-
;n.. Out of our seeming styelcssne<s is
growing up an American style of Archltcc-
,ure, plain, practical, and not without beau
".
But in whatever style our houses may be
built, they may all be made centres OF beauty
hv tn, arrangement OF fields, the location OF
out-houses, the cultivation OF gardens, and the
!lauting Of trees
\ well cultivated Garden is the most prof
table piece Of ground which the farmer tlllS.
|, may easily, by bestowing odd hours of Ia
Dor upon it, be made productive ant: orna-
mental. Too many of what are called gardens
are only patches OF rich ground, badly plough
ed, wit, the boards and rails falling down and
.prawling around,-briars and wild bushes
growing rank and obtruSive, and the vegeta-
alcs looking as if they grew without hope, in
spite of neglect, and ultimately ripencd only
out of pity to the family. Too many of our
gardens are mere miniatures of Paradise lost
y little care, a little hocing, and trimming
would make them like Paradise re.aned-
The women, the ladies', the girls, (hcaven
bless them all )are at fault here. They might
10 much towards making the garden, and
much more in getting the boys and men tc
work i'll il Ii the women really desire fine
garden, and will in a womanlv way ask the
!ncn or boys to make ii the work will be done
Who darcs 50, it won't,
With fruit orchard good garden. anl
sn!ne shade trees, any house however ugly
IN itself, will be pronounced beautiful, am
pleasant. 1t will alorn the landscape, ant
viii catch the eye, and be fastened in til.
memory Of the traveller and stranger
Most houses are ornamcntc,l with chip
yard fences in ruins, a little, ugly thistl,
patch lor a garden. and bcanleSS bcan-nocs
Without trees, without vines. blazing ant
i.i>rcrin. in the sun. or unSheltcrcd agains
the storm, with the winds whistling riotou>ly
around tie bleak corners. they stand devoiC
ot -. hateful TO the eve. unscemly blot
or her: OF natural beauty
H., -racc'nl ELM. the clearly. iast-grow
NJ. h"al;,.- and thick leavei M,pIr. the
-" 10y M"rNrAiN ASH. the BAL7Aa fIr
til s:r."," the F!HE, are at hon.~ III tcr
l.or', md ma ,.s-,l, he obtained lv rich OF
r'or.n..': ria'' +, a'iora onr houses and fields
Take them ip carly. with as many roots and
4. mach mother earth possible treat them
carefully - ii tA"! fit very blow you CAV,
,l,n T.. Of 4 ,5.+i,n c, the top. ST them
fra, !" ~.rt 80! wA'vr rh'ln o"rn -
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