Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-11
REAVTIFy YOUR HOMES.


late. Carson City is already more noted
FOR the maenifctnce of its trees than It's
residences, but still greater improve
rneuts in this respect should be made
here. 1t IS true that our city receives
the praise of being the finest IN the State
in respect TO its foliage; and this should
stimulate the owners OF land to sill
greater efforts in identifying it. We
have the finest soil for the cultivation OF
trees. with water in abundance. Ours is
the Oldest town in the State. except
Genoa. 1t has the d,antaGe OF ali
Others in being the State Capital. While
We would gladly see the more costly
trees contained in the forest nurseries
within our midst transplanted to the
gardens of our well-to-do cItizens-and
we have few choice forest tree nurser-
les within our city-we shall only point
ont. in this article. the cheaper way by
which orr poorer people may plant
trees and thereby decorate their homes.
While all would like to see growing
everywhere the maple and the elm. there
are other trees scarcely less beautiful
which can be procured cheaper These
are the soft-wood trees-the Lombardv
and all other poplars. the Balm Of
Cilead cottonwood. and willows OF all
kinds The Commissioner of Agricul-
ture AZ Washington states in his reports
and they are so elaborate as to include
a history of forest culture throughout
Eurore as well as the United States
tha; the culture of these soft-wood trees
is most successful where sprouts are GU:
and stuck in the ground. THIS is better,
LIE saws. than transplanting trees which
have already rooted in the soil. He fur
Their says that, if forest trees are to be
transplanted. the smaller they are when
transplanted the more likely they are to
live and flourish. The futility OF trans
planting large trees can be easily &C
counted for, if a reason were called for.
But it may be sufficient to state, In gen
eral terms, that all soft-wood trees are
essentially water trees" that is. they
must be planted in soil that is naturally
moist, or artificially irrigated the first
wear, when their roots will penetrate to
ground that is continually moist. In
putting out shoots or sprouts, let any
one take cuttings from any of these
trees. Procure steel bar of. say. FIVE
eichths of an inch in size, and have it
sharpened at one end. Cut the shoots
Of any desirable length, make q hole in
the ground eighteen inches in depth and
insert the cutting. pressing the earth
close to it with the foot. In damp soil,
as before remarked, this cutting will be
more certain to grow than any trans
planted tree. We are speaking, Of
course, of the soft-wood trees. In order
to show the difference in expense in thus
growing trees, we will state that one
man alone put out in this valley last
year four hundred cuttings in one day,
most of which grew. This is an easy
and cheap method of starting q growth
of soft-wood forest trees, and it is the
safest and surest. This method has
been tried from Colorado Territory to
the Mississippi River, and found to
work admirably.
In this connection it may not be i'm
proper to hint to our wealthy citizens
that the improvement of their lots by the
planting of such eversreens as the drbor
rita would be at once ornamental and
praiseworthy Our soil will produce
everything which our climate will allow
to grow. Carson City has already re-
ceived the praise of being the forest
city" and garden" of this sagebrush
State-not very high position to oc-
cupy, to be sue, when we reflect upon
the surroundings of our neighboring
towns and cities-but it is one which we
ought of right to occupy. Considering
our natural and acquired advantages. We
ought to make this city the States