Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-06
PLANT TREEs.
sE HEERr wARD ssEcRER.


The time has come for planting trees Too
much cannot be Daid to indues people 10 RlI their
villages, and the great roads between village aud
village, with hne shade trOea and priVate grounds
With the choice kinds. To write a good hvmn and
plant q good hse makos one a b, factor to his
generation. q h..'4 3 aI.,-E .'.'--
1t is hardly to be expected tL.i Tat, ed ms.
hard-wOrking, and with enough 10 90 al al, t..,,
Will trouble themselves 70 PLANT trees lolp lti,.
lie roads. But we may Ipe for such service ffoin
entsIprsing young men. aud even more from tue
public -spirtedness OF young women Several in
stances have come to our knowledZ 20 in which wo-
men have formed associations for beautifyinQ
towns and villages by tree planting, and in a few
years transformed place Nor Is 1t unworthy Of
mention that this has been done by the I'M Auence Of
articles IN the New York Ledger tree-plant-
! ing week might be Inade a festival week or per-
SIMS might agree TO secure u given number during
| the season.
And here it may loo well TO state, that although
spriRg and fall the best seasons for transblsn-
ting, yet trees may be moved liz any month in the
year-in tho middle of August, il need be. A
long row Of naples, in PeekskIli, were moS ed
| in consequence OF grading and fence-building -
during the month of July, and only two of them
experienced any permanent injury.
| but it should be borne 10 mind that only small
trees should be removed IN hot months, and after
The foliage is expanded, unless one has a mind u
| 60 to great expense. But trees six or eight feet
nigh, II taken with roots, aud especially II moved
IN damp weather, may be safely transplanted IN
midsummer. OF course, it will require twice the
care and Labor which the same tree would need IN
| spring, for the same result.
| The three or four trees usually planted out in
| grounds are naples elms horse-chestnuts, and To-
cIsts. These are very well. But there are many
kinds Of naples seldom seen that deserve place
such as the EuRlish field maple, (acer compestrs
and notably the American red maple, called
| swamp maple, (acsr TtsbrIIDI) the iormer for its
finely cutieaVes and the latter for early blossoms
and for the exquisite scarlet autumn hues OF lti
leaves.
The cut-leaf, or fern leaf white birch is now
common In nurseries. 1t grows rapidly, is ex.
tremey graceful, has leaves delicate ~ a tern, aud
| in winter throws against the sky q tracery oi
tWigs which is beautiful to look upon. 1t ought
70 be in every small collection. The H9,adomes
has very beautiful Leaf, staT-lke, and changes in
autumn 10 purplish bronze, quite distant from
all other leaves. II one get tho tupelo, which
Abounds in New England, aud may be found in
some nurseries, he will secure tree much nsglec.
ted, but which ought to be universally dIffused.
| Few people know how beautiful is the sassalrn.
tree, when well grown. In tho woods 1t is hardly
more than shrub, or scrUwny tree, but wher
planted young in an open space, aud in good sol
| It has peculiar beauty of its oNn which is uo
repeated In any other tree.
Why are maguOias SO seldom planted They
| are as hardy as maples-some Of them at least
The NJ ,onspicS4a, the NJ. souIangiana, NJ. gLanca
and Nj. t'IpetGId are easily had, are fine all sum
mer, and are the gloIy Of the spring when thci
| flowers expand.
The American aud the English beech, and also
the purple beech, should be more Often planted
An old beech tree, grown on good SOIL in al
open field, and not mutilaLed, has nothing TO iea
when standing among all the kings Of trees.-
| No trees that we saw in England Impressed Ii,
so much us the beeches at Warwick Castle.
In street planting, and along rOadsides, nothing
could be hner than the tuliP-trce, which grove
rapidly, is clean, aud bears tine blossoms in earll
summer. They should be transpanted wheI
large. The sQAIe is true of cheslnuts, walnuts
aud pecan-nuts.
or evergrecns shall not speak, as they dc
serve a separate mention. But do not plant then
in the city, nor la any close yard, They do no
naments.