The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-10-21
NOW SET GUT A TREE.

few days back, the talk Of the people is Of
coal and stoves, Of Winter clothes and ar
rangCmpnts for cold weather. Ont in the
country they are hurrying in the fall crops,
and preparing for the frosty nights. The
leaves Of the trees change color. The chest
nuts and oaks assume the dun; the naples be-
Yin to glow in red; the hi:koiics turn yellow
and arc ready to be swept oii by the hard
blasts that are treasured among the next
months phenomena.
Now is the time for the lovers oftrccs-and
who that loves Nature or man, who that has
uag love in Linn docs not to prepare for
their transportation. All summer the tree
roots have been drinking, and the leaves all
Summer have been gathering from the air its
no,nishing gasscs. Now comes the time for
resting. The leaves drop OIL and the rootets
cease from their serious labors. y tree is like
hive where the honcycomb is all packed
and the bees are 'laying OIL" 1t is perfect
" safe to move it. Before the process of
growth must be renewed there will be time
for the transplantcd tree to become naturai-
zed to It's new situation, there is no question
that the chances Of living are greatly increas-
cd by doing the work in the Fall.
Not a word about how to do it;-only re-
membcr that it is cheaper o.sct out one tree
in the right way than score in the wrong
way. lake time for it-lor one tree that
lives is worth score of dead ones for Shade
or for ornament.
We often wonder how it is that so many
lnen never set out tree Growing. it is
mans best monument. Men bless him who
planted it as Il b.ncfactor. Dumb beast
stretch themselves under its shadow, and in
their contcntod looks thank the man that gave
thom the shade. The traveller lifts his hat
from his hot brow, as he passes under its
broad branches, and adds his unllttcrcd thanks
Many willow droops gracefully its 1.-THE
tWiYs in honor Of the sailor lad that brought
the cutting in q bottle from the willow that
hung over NAroLE0N'S grave. And VIC
could ride many annie in the country under
a!ching bougiS which will testify to the taste
Of thci! planter years after it is forgotten
whether the stone at his graves head was
erected to the son or the iathcr,-after the
lettering on the marble is filled with moss,
and only the antiquarian can say whose fam
lily rests thercabouts.
Trees are the grand conseryators. They
were the ancient landmarks, and who enjoys
them and loves to increase them, cannot be
wholly bad. Let every old man set out Il
tree this Fall, for his memory's sake. Let
every young man set out one, that as he
grows it may grow, and wherever he wandcrs
it may stand the fixed memorial Of the fact
that his life has not been in vain. Let every
boy, if he can get a vacant spot in the door
yard, by the pig-rcn, under the ba'n-yard
lee, or even in the street, set out his tree, for
hundred excellent reasons. There arc some
spots on this old earth that Nature did a
great deal for, where much business is done,
where much wholesome opinion is maintain
cd, and many good papers taken, yet where
the public streets are utterly bare OF trees,
and all the foliage that is visible is far oil at
the rear Of the farms, or in cramped orchards
In such cline country places, we protest
that the price of the best farm would not
tempt us to take up our lot if we were for
hidden to plant trees. In Sahara we do not
look for verdure; but the place is not fit to be
esteemed for a country seat or q summer resi-
dence, that does not bear some remaindcrs of
the forest that have been, OF the grown-up
tokens Of some good mans planting. We
appeal to the pride of our young country
friends to rescue from its barren desolatcncss
the margin of their highways. Let planting
clubs be formed. Let planting parties be
made so soon as the corn is all huskcd. With
a single team, spades and crows, and
dozen pairs of willing hands, there could be
obtained from the hedges of English cherries
and the outskirts of the woods, trees enough
to plant a long line of street. Before the
trees arc obtained. however, the party should
give Saturday afternoon to digging capa-
cious holes Tor the trees to be placed IN, and
filing them, where the soil is poor, with the
rich mould Of the garden, or soil shovelled
under fence. or hedge of long standing
This donc-and this is the long labor-thc
planting is thing Of very easy accomplish
ment. In the early days fNew England, the
minister used to head such planting parties.
Great and good as their ohcr work was, this
was by no means the least useful Of their la
bors.-N. Y. Times.