Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-13
SCI olsk "a Tree.

yy6sC SET osss a Tree.
Tkoagh the weather has been warm for
a few DAYS back, the talk of the people is
of coal and stoves, of Winter clothes ard
arfangerhens for cold weather. Out In
the country they are hurying in the
Fall crops, and preparing for the frosty
nights. The leaves. of the trees change
color. The chesnuts and oaks assume the
dun; the naples begin to glow to red {; the
hickories turn yellow and are ready to be
swept off by the hard blasts that are trea-
sufed among the next months phenomena.
Now is the time for the lovers Of trees.
and who that loves Nature. or man, who
that has asy love in him does not z-to pre-
pare for their transportation. Ali Sum-
mer the tree-roots have been drinking, and
the leaves all Summer have been gather
ing from the air its nourishing gases. Now
comes the time for resting. The leaves
drop off and the rootlets cease from their
serious Iabors. The tree is like a hive
where the honey-comb is all packed and
the bees are sslaying off" It is perfectly
safe to move it. Before the processes of
growth must be renewed there will be time
for the transplanted tree to become natural
lied to its new situation, IS no
question that the chances OF living are
greatly increased by doing the work In the
Fall. ~ s ztsf =
Not word about how to do it;-only
remember that it is cheaper to set out one
tree in the right way than score IN the
wrong way. Take time for it,-for one
tree that lives is worth q score OF dead ones
for shade or for ornament.
We often wonder how it is that SO many
men never set out tree. Growing, it is
a mans best monument. Men bless him
who planted it as benefactor. Dumb
beasts stretch themselves under its shadow,
and in their contented looks thank the man
that gave them the shade. The traveller
h(ts his hat from his hot brow, as he passes
under it's broad branches, and adds his un-
uttered thanks. Many a willow droops
gracefully its little twigs in honor OF the
sailor lad that brought the cutting IN bot
tie from the willow that hung over NAPo-
Icons grave. And we could ride many
mile in the country under arching boughs
which will testify to the taste OF their plan
ter wears after it is forgotten whether the
stone at his graves head was erected to the
son or the father-a(ter the Lettering on the
marble is filled with moss, age only the an
tiquarian can say whose family rests there
abouts. ~ as
Trees are the grand conservators. They
were the ancient landmarks, and who en-
ioys them and loves to increase them, can
not be wholly bad Let every old man set
out a tree this Fall, for his memory's sake
Let every young man set out one, that as ne
grows it NAV grow, and wherever he wan
ders it NAV stand the fixed memorial OF the
fact that his life has not been In vain. Let
every boy, if he can get vacant spot IN
the door-yard, by the pig-pen, under the
barn-yard lee, or even In the street, set out
his tree, for a hundred excellent reasons
There are some spots on this old earth that
Nature did great deal for, where much
business is done, where much wholesome
opinion is maintained, and many good pa
pers taken, vet where the public streets are
utterly bare of trees and all the foliage that
Is visible is far off at the rear of the farms,
or in cramped orchards. In such lime
country places" we protest that the prlee
of the best farm would not tempt us to take
up our lot if we were to be forbidden to
plant trees. In Sahara we do not look Tor
verdure; but the place is not fit to be es-
teemed for country seat or summer res
idence, that does not bear some reminders
of the forests that have been, or the grown
up tokens of some good man planting. We
appeal to the pride, to the patriotism OF our
young country friends to rescue from Its
barren desolateness the margins OF their |
Let planting clubs be formed.
Let planting parties be made so soon as
the corn is all husked. With single team,
a few spades and cows, and a dozen pairs
of willing hands, there could be obtained
from the hedges of English cherries and the
outskits of the woods, trees enough to plant
a long line of street. Before the trees are
obtained, however, the party should give
Saturday afternoon to digging capacious
holes for the trees to he placed in, and fill
ing them, where the soil is poor, with the
rich mould of the garden, or soil shovelled
under hedge or fence of long standing.
This done-and this is the long labor-the
planting is a..thing ofvery easy accomplish
ment. In the early days of New-England,
he minister used to head such planting par
lies. Great and good as their other work
vas, this was by no means the least useful
Of their labors.-N. Y.!Times.
Z1mmERMAN Wharf.-The Zimmer-
nan wheat introduced in St. Charles coun-
" by one of our best farmers from Mary
and, about seven years ago, has proved it
,eIf to be the best variety of grain In the