, 1869-06-15

md play ground for tha sohoolchldren, a
portion OF thia square II. covered with tbs |
natural growth Of 5oung oak wood, growing
tn1c11y snd vigorously. and weasLng TO tho easuai
obseffef = refreshing Look Of glnaa1 VenduSa md
inviting shade. So fsr u am ohle to d.aeoTer By
conversation with tnose Who aIe daily raasing
through these grounds, not onn at them hss ever
beztoHed taou2ht upen the question, whether
anything can OF ought TO be done 70 i1sure such :
future growth a. to else Ii The attractive features
wntce arc most desirable % secure Ia = wood-a
beautiful canopy Of leaves with interesting limbs,
supported On comparatively 1ew mssslye txAnis,
with broad spaces Of gsrea 1xsru below. And
ye1 unless some action Is Esf1 soon takeu the poe-
ability Of doing this vii be lost forover,
and the place will be = deaxe thlckes Of mere
hoop poles Even now Il anyoue Wiz but step
into It he VIII mad the lower branches dead and
dytng for want Of light aud nr and ererJ tree fun-
ming race With is netghhor to get Its foliage up
Into the sunlight, while the sseras x,e cyerI rear
becoming apparently more and norr spsodllng for
want Of Opportunity TO expand literally, which
they can only do to limited extent without
lover nranehes- On these same grounds, and
cloee BY the grove have described, are gfoaps Of
two OF thstt tres together, which stand compzT-
ai1ve1J ssolnted. tAe Individual members Of which
ate assuming the graceful aud Handsomely pro-
poftioned foIms which they naturally aeqrJee
| when Suffered 10 gsuw wltnou, being csamped for
room. No one could LOOK as them; aud then II
their crowded brethren close bJ with any zttcn-
Ton, without pe1cdving the difference. &ud feeling
the necessity Of fnmediat<tj attending to the
| Hsnta Of Ehe sufferers. by vigorous uso Of tho
nIe In thinning out the weakest members and
anordtug admission Of Sun and ar 10 the remain
deE But NOBODY ao<s setw to SEE 1t TIL attention
Is called, when It Is readily Acknowledged
And this Is only sample OF what may be seen
everywhere Aroand the city, even on private
grounds whose owners spend 1Arze suns tn tns
purchase aud planting Of ornamental trees, whllt
they thus neglect the opportunity Of recurring tht
advantage which ratuze has furnished 70 thel
hAndA, from the mist1ttn repoguAnre TO destroy
trce, when in fact they arc destroying the chanc'
! Of h4sing anything worthy Of the name b
suffering them TO choke and 6tr1ngit Zach othes
Let any Ees.dent Of the auburbf, who feels an ID
te.est in tho fnture Of the locality Ia which he
nxed. examtne the Juun4 wDod tn and about Il
and compare It with Individual tree2 Of the ga1n
varieties which hare hid IN opportunity to d<
velop themselves naturally, md he VIII secogntz
the truth Of what have bern saying And, pei
| haps, exe1t n1uself TO sec1tte relef beforn It
TOO late Cars IL required In thinning to select h
| right tees for preservation, and not to expo.
them too rapidly BY thinning too much II ono
Dnt the work can be qrsctty and safely done BY
! C2IeaUi zaa&a 3~A--A-- ------~- - ------
| those which are to be removed, with strict tnjon
lions to The axemcn TO touch no othe1s, Al
uuch OF what may constitute leading festure
| attraction In the EubuIns Of Chicago fifteen
: twenty ycsr1 hence, II Dependant upon present a
: ton In this matter. Il. ". s. ClErELAxp.
. 11o Madison street, Jcuc II.