Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-17

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was one of o dozen committed by Mr.
Brisket. The financial and social com
munity went into spasm of horror, an,
the house Of Hartley, Frank 4 Co., sus
pended payment.
Beys Can Beauiify the Form.
If the farm is to look better next yea
than it has this, if it is to be made an at
tractive spot for all future time, the chance,
are that the boys must take the matter il
hand. 1t is fitting that they should plan
the trees and vines. since they and not theil
fathers will enjoy the bepefi. of their shade
A farm, whatever be its location, may bt
made beautiful without the expenditure o.
money. The materials can be found in the
nearest forest and along the banks of the
neighboring streams. Trees are to the land.
ecape what pictures are to the walls of @
room. Vines are sort of natural tapes
try, suggestive alike of gracefulness and
beauty. Fortunately there are few neigh
borboods, even in this prairie country,
where there are not trees and vines suita.
BILE for transplantipg. that can be obtained
for the asking and the digging. Taste
fully arranged about the homestead they
would transform it from the dreary place
it is into rural paradise. The present is
the fitting time 10 set about il, and the
persons TO engage in the enterprise are tie
boys.
To begin with, the side of the road in
front Of the farm should be decorated.
Here is a strip of land ordinarily of no use
except to raise weeds, the seeds of which
ind their way into the adjacent fields. II
has become the fashion in many places to
set here a uniform row of the same kind
of trees at the same distance apart. Now
1T must be admitted that this is an inn
provement on a barren waste; but, after
all they have an exceeding formal look,
reminding us of row of telegraph
poles. A better plan would be to plow
a strip, six or eigh: feet wide, coming
as near as possible to the fence, and to
plant q greater variety of trees with les 9
regard TO lines and distances. We lately
rode through an avenue in Toronto, Cam
ada. which was, in this respect, a model OF
taste. Ine trees StUuu ss xe uuu Iuem IN
well kept grove some sinsiy, others in
groups now several OF the same kind,
and again dozen varieties interspersed,
and all SO skillfully done that we rode for
some distance thinking the street had been
cleared through natural forest
strip on the side of the farm most exposed
to winds could be treated in the same
manner. Tho trees would be of use as
wind-breaks and would greatly add to the
beauty of the premises. 1t, however, there
are reasons against occupying SO much
land, q simpler plan may be adopted.
tanned in almost any neighborhood, and
these, even stuck into the green sward and
left to take care of themselves, will make
good trees in dozen years. Two boys,
with measuring line, grubbing hoe and
pointed stick, can plant row half mile
in length in q few nours. The native larch
would be better tree to plant than the
poplar. and the European larch would be
preferable to either. but we ore talking OF
Identifying place without money, and OF
having the work done by boys.
Some nut trees, Of course, should be
planted. These are valuable for shade, for
beauty. and, more than all, for their fruit
Some of these trees, like the black walnut
and butternut, may be transplanted when
they are small, but the surer way &c get
hickories is to plant the nuts in the places
where you wish the trees to grow. 1t
would be an exceedingly good plan to have
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money, their planting can be delayed few
years. unless you have an uncle in the east
who can send You o box of fresh nuts
packed In sand, from which y.u can raise
your trees. These nut trees may be plant
cd IN places where the ground is of very
little value; by the side OF ravines, or
where the land is so broken that it is not
Plowed. They may even be placed in the
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eat the nuts, can enjoy the shade.
If there are old trees about the farm that
have seen their best days, their appearance
may be improved by planting wild grape
vines and wood-bines side Of them and
training them about their trunks and
branches In truth. these native, hardy
vines, easily transplanted and easily prop.
agated as they are, msy be put
out to good effect in many places.
A rough, cheaply made out building be-
comes beautiful when covered by graceful
vines. The woodbine grows. we hardly
know how, and attaches itself to places
where moss can hardly support itself, and
has a wonderful way of making itself use
full in covering up deformity, whether it
be IN the shape of house, tree or fence.
The wild honeysuckle; OF which We have
several varieties, compares in beauty with
any of our foreign vines and shrubs, and
deserves place where it can be ssen and
admired
The door yard and lawn, If there is one,
require more care and study in order to
have them fitted up with taste. In this it
Is well to consult the girls, and, il possible,
to study the plans that are given in news
papers or in works on landscape gardening.
We have said the present is the fitting time
to set about this work. Perhaps we should
qualify this by saying this is the time to
make the plans, prepare the ground and to
select the trees and vines. Later in the
season some of them may be dug mp,
brought to the farm and healed-in, 80 that
they may be ready to be planted out early
In the season, before spring work on the
farm commences. Prairie EIrmer.
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