Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-03-17
Village Ornaments Evergreen Trees
for Farm and House Yard.

< sui more frequent iiils Y2af thpn
last the femafk is heard al ancas
ter is the most beautiful village 10
be seen OF account OF the abundant
evergreen ornaments in all parts OF
the town"
Last year several places were sold
at hundreds of dollars above value on
account Of the perpetual green trees,
costing IL exceed two dollars.
which tiie 17ner owners planted
some or yours since The eorue,
lot south west OF the Mansion House
would doaB{ Tess sell for s2b zoo aboye
whati wauld bring were the BALI a
dozen fine eyergrecns which orna-
meut it 50 gorgeonsiy removed. And
the Cox property next south is even
more valuable for It's fine evergreefis.
The same Of dozen or, twenty
properties about town, often a single
fine hite pine or Balsamftir ueing so
cnticing as 20 draw fifty dollar bin
for the benefit Of its owner. Ga the
contrary, much Of the best property
about town is quite considerable for
want ofevcrgreens. Sach aroin nm
pleasant contrast, or rs the, ladies
would say "piain looking, Some
entire blocks are without evergroens,
and bad as we'll to be labeled, .fnut
fol sale
The ntilitarian, or man who diss
cards ornament aud whatever else
brings no direct visibleincome. W ou5a
Of course set out noornanantal trees.
.rhe man whose idea Of nome rises
never above necessity and profit;
plants no evergreens. Men of low
mind and little forethought are not
expected to ornament their premises.
1t is the perfect man who makes the
most of Gods earth by means ofthese
artificial helps. He plants evergreens
and fruit trees for unborn generations
and the people reward him long be
fore he emigrates to that Jerusalem
above where flows the river Of life.
whore sthe trees bear twelve manner
of fruits, and where the very streets
are paved with gold
Ornamental evergreens are vaIua
bic 10 property because good men
and women fancy them and are hom~
est enough to pay forwhat they love
Virtuous and discriminating persons
always influence The village property
market and justly allow to ornament
its fullest value. A cold and darken-
ed homestead is always under priced
and home penoiled DER with living
green, and lit up with all the colors
of the rainbow that nature allows,
must always rate above par. The
value OF much of the property in vii
lage and country is regulated by the
taste and fancy Of people. and tosup
ply whatever these may demand is
the great secret of sire success
Persons of nice discrimination or
good taste are always attracted by
ornaments lent to property, especial
ly by fruit trees and perpetual greensl
and they are sure TO add value
enough to largely reward the owners
Of property thus well arranged with
foliage and finery.
The nursery price OF small ever
green trees is usually 25cts per foot
of standard height for Balsams, FRS,
Pines, Cedars, &c. They may be
transplanted from first of April to
first Of June Evergreens are trans-
planted in the nursery every two
years go as to increase their small
roots and render them sure to live
upon final setting out No kind of
trees more surely grow than nursery
evergreens, but those dug wild from
the woods hardly ever live, or living
at all lnger but tcebly for years.
They may be transpIanted at any
size, but for profit those of two feet
are the best paying, as from that size
they make long annual shoots, often
from fifteen to twenty inches; small.
err trees shootonly three to six inches
each year 1t is not uncommon TO
see large trees make annual shoots of
three feet. Few decidueus trees
make such growths, except LON
bardies. The only enemy TO ever
greens is q small, white insect, to be
seen in the spring covering the ter,
mnal foliage Tho antidote is soap
suds applied very strong and plenti>
fully. The foliage Is not injured
thereby, but benefited as may be seen
By the deep green Of foliage thereaf,
ter. All the evergreens are hardy
and adapted to our climate and soil.
They are all raised from seed and SO
slow are the first annual growtbs
and feeble the tiny treelings at the
start that it requires about ten years
to raise them to the standard height
for the market, two feet The thous>
apds Of fine evergveens seen in the
lancaster Nursery, now two to four
feet in hight, were started eleven
years ago from seed But the aver
age annual growth Of these from this
time forth will be rs much as for the
ten preceding years
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