The Portland daily press., 1867-01-08

suming the position we now occunv in con.
nectlon with the Maine State Press wo hove
received the thirteenth number of tho ,,,o,.,.
being the issue for 1867. 1t is. II an,,,,;.,
more beautiful than its predecessors, and we
think i. has improved in the mel its of its pub-
llcation. Besides calendar for the present
ent year, 1t contains carefully prepared treat
ises on the culture of the Grape; on Milk
Farming; Management and Varieties of
Ducks; on the Ruta Baga Crop; a chapter on
various practical subjects; an article by the
New York State Entomologist on Garden In
sects and several other valuable communIca-
tions, together with directions for Fruit Cul-
ture, Notes for the Grazier and Breeder, and
Items in Domestic Economy the whole il
iustrated by "a handsome engravings. The
price OF the work is but 80 cts per number
Iriennlal volumes from the commencement
IL years ago, well bound, can be had for 81 30
each.
we are tempted to make use of one of its
Horticultural items, in the number before N.
in the hopes that it may be the means Of our
friends providing evergreen screens and shell
, ter upon their premises-a matter of serions
importance in bleak and exposed situations.
Here it is: D. ..l-. e. - su-..4ii
EvEBGREENs FROM WooDs.-Very few
land owners plant out a sufficient number OF
evergreen trees. They furnish some impor-
can't advantages. They beautify the winter
landscape; and, what is quite as important to
the unitarian, they protect from the sweep OF
xyir1fl ,ta Ia l,oI IL. 4
fanked Oh the most windy points, with a
dense growth OF handsome evcr2reens, is
saved yearly expense Of $40 to $50, in fire
wood OF anthracite. II his barnyard is well
protected with evergreen belts, at least an
equal amount is saved in hay and grain tor
his domestic animals. Nor is this all; intelF-
gent cultivators have repeatedly asserted. that
the increased value OF their fruit trees and
crops, resulting from protecting belts of trees,
often reaches as high as fifty per cent. on the
whole amount.
most cheaply procured, by the hundred OF
thousand, from nurseries. But they NAV be
as often obtained from the borders of woods
or swamps. 1t is very common to lose trees
thus procured-which is generally ascribed 10
bad luck" but it always results from bad
management We have set out many hun
dretls OF trees in this way, including White
Fine, Hemlock, White Spruce, Balsam Fir
Arbor Vitae, DC, and never lost tree thai
was managed according to the instructions
given. The work has been done in autumn.
winter, and in the spring. There is but one
leading and essential requisite; and that is, to
carry mass OF earth on the roots. The in
structions have been to take up q cake of
earth large enough to hold the tree in an up
right position, without upsetting when placed
on the surface OF the ground. The larger the
tree, the larger, Of course, must be the mass
OF earth. l.4 -. Ha latuLl .A# El-h1
d. Let every farmer add to his plantation, in
this way, during winter. A few trees at
time wiIL after a while, give him plenty of
protection. 1t will frequently be found con-
venient to do the work during the depth OF
winter. Young trees taken rom along the
borders OF woods will be better and harder
than those from the center. The covering of
snow and forest leaves often protects the soil,
so as scarcely to freeze, or to form but a thin
crIst-just sufficient to hold the fiat mass of
earth together. A sharp spade easily cuts
through this crust, and the trees thus lifted
are easily slid, in standing position, up an
inclined plank, and placed on a sled. When
large we have drawn hem up by horse, by |
means of a rope attached to the loot of the |
stem. II the ground is frozen hard where
they are to stand, they may be set upright to-
gether, and the roots protected until spring by |
straw thrown over them.