Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-08-20
Trees ont Of Place.

Trees OUt or race.
The are many such. Among these are
nearly oil trees planted in kitchen garden.
Cherry, aud plum, and peach, and standard
pe,r trees are often set out on the outer
border, or by the side of the cross-walks
When small they look pretty, and do little
harm, but soon they stretch upward and
spread outward, shading much ground de-
voted 70 growing vegetables, and their roots,
ramifying far and wide. feed upon the rich
food de.igned for other things. When such
trees become large and handsome, the owner
feels reluctant to cut them down. and so he
lives on T ON year to year, the trees, per-
haps, running to more wood than TO fruit,
and his garden being only moderately pro-
ductive of vegetables.
No trees of this sort should be allowed
within gald en. They should be placed in
u yard or small orchard by themselves,
where they can receive appropriate care.
The only trees which may be admitted there
are, p rhaps, few dwarf pears TO be kept
as true jwarfs, and these should be set on
borders. with walks between them aud the
vegetable compartments. They should also
be so well fed in their own borders that they
will not run abroad for fora &c. OF course,
currsnts and gooseberries, and raspberries
Trees are misplaced, too, when planted
just outside Of ones garden fence. If set
on any other side than the north. they oh.
struct the sunlight, and on every side they
do harm by the spread of their hungry roots.
Superficial observers are little aware how
great this injury is If they should uncover
the roots Of these trees (supposing them TO
be apple or forest trees) they would find
them extending under the fence aud into
the garden for thirty or fifty feet. They
run into the Harden soil the more grerdily
because of its richness.
If trees must be set within ten feet of n
garden fence, the soil should be removed
every other year along the fcnoeline ands
the root, cut of. 1t would also be well to
fill up the trench with gravel or stiff clay.
A better way still would he to keep the trees
from thirty to forty feet away from the
fence, for they would answer the purpose of
wind breaks there about us well as nearer
to the garden.
1t is nearly impossible for fower-beds to
flourish in the neighborhood of large trees.
Whoever has tried the experiment has often
found his borders full of the 6brous roots
of the trees, while his choice plans lived
only a sickly, miserable life. In such
case, the question must generally be, which
of the two is NEST desirable, the flowers or
the trees 4! and one or the other must be
sacrificed. The question, too, arises whether
shrubs of much size should be grown in
beds devoted to flowers.
Trees are out of place, also, when they
overshadow the roof of n house, or dnrken
its windows, or shut out fne prospect.
1t is the testimony Or eminent PHYSICIANS
that no small part Of the sickness Of fami-
lilies is attributable to the shading Of dwell
ings by oyerhanging trees and thick, uster'
ing vines. Our bodies need light, pure
sunlig {, and a great deal OF it; and our
spirits need it none the less and he who
shuts out this genial dispenser of health
from his home makes great mistake and
does q great wrong
Many fine place is injured because the
owner, having at first planted his grounds
with large number of trees for immediate
effect, afterward neglects or refuses to thin
them out. They soon crowd one another,
they grow up lank and spindling, destitute
of beauty, and, by their dense shade, kill
out the grass and shrubs beneath them.
We know very well how hard il is 10 cut
down q tree which one has planted, and
whose growth has been watched for many
years. This fe ling is natura! and 10 be
respected, but il may be indnlged to excess
The only question should be, is this or that
tree in its place. Would | plant l. there
now il were to set il out anew? If not,
cut it down let it no logger cumber the
ground. When such a res luton has on ,e
been formed, Rnd the work fairly done, we
come to respect our own pluck, andtO view
the result with great satisfaction.
1t deserves to be said a tree Is misplace
when set near TO the fence of a nj ighboI :
garden or orchard for, by so doing, not
only steal the richness Of bis land, and over
shadow his vegetables and his fiuit-trees,
but when ny fruit-trees come into bearing,
it becomes standing controversy between
us a. to the ownership Of the fruit which
hangs over the other side Of the tense.
1t Ia a comm n mistake TO pant pines and
spruce. frs near the margin of ones walk
aud carriage-road-.' Few persons know or
stop 10 inquire how large these trees will
spread as they grow to maturity. They
look pretty and docle ~ they staud In the
nursery rows, and 50 the little beauties are
set out within arms length Of the walk
where they eau easily be seen and petted.
But iu q few years, the yohng giSrts begin
to sh Nv their stree 9Th and large proportions.
They throw GU their arms in luSty v'gOr,
stretching from bf cen tvtwenty feet on
either side over walks aud grass plots, and
adjoining shru5b"ry, d. ken 'ng windows
aud d o wa,s very nuc I he rprise and
confusion of the planter. Tne result of the
whcte is eitl or the trees must he cut down,
or their lover branches be hewn off, which
latter operation is a virtual destruction OF
the Of the trees. Any method of plsHttng
which does not forecast the frtute height
and breadth of trees, whether planted Singly
or in gtoupa, is mistaken.
Tue foregoing hints do not exhaust the
subject, but We hope they will enable young
planters to avoid some Of the mistakes ibtu
which their senior have fallen, aud which IL
is now very hard to remedy.