, 1879-08-16

Trco. Planting and tito Treatment OF Woou'
lnntla.

Trcu. Planting and t1iC Treatment OF Woou-
innt1e.
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CHICAGO aug lo-these 10 ~ utnue.. ..', y, W
tistie work in te DEVELOPMENT o. oeant,.o, ,,t ot
Is le,s generally understood than t.eeculturo;
~. ,.,,.,. s,.,, 80 .,rn,r the r,rnarnt,on
T ""'s" -, 'Aeau' , ~ n.anar n,,n,tn, ~ IN.
OF Inc SOIL ana psoPcs pnnt''N W ~
divl1ual trees, but tho arrangement, uass'ng.
and subaca,lcnt management OF groups: md
a.{t1 mara rho treatment oi forests 20 az to &C.
wv. s.:' ~ ~. at,ntuoh,n sgroct. ~ woo11an,
eu,o ,"' s1. Tse. -. m,,ch iserencc IN tbo
y, animals, nn,l The effect of carc In
.hotr sn,cction md management Ia tust
,~" =. a,a..on. !, thc ma =. IN ,hc other.
yet the Importance of the woodland On most
fars.s ha. "s'1 1cen atto@nted with
.rha, n ,nIch, h,ro hcen rnof]e hy nronor trcat-
mont as ra"'bonea, soasiaco' o!ear-eseu
horse compares With tho graceful anu heaae'fus
appearance which tho same animal might have
presented, had i,c bccn subjected to proper
.roa.n,ont n aa and +,o,,,nv
a !tttie stady OF tic elements OF pcaulY IN
trees. either ssngly or In masses, will enable us
the bottcr to understand What We wish to
fsG11 o t % Everr M nne ss knavs thot t.re nr
sn,no nm ~ trnc. IT .r mnestic szo mi hcattf,,I
npnnortnns s% u tot no one bo comes in srt Of
in tl,cm can fati to 10 Impressed With sense Of
prsf na pleasure a. ne ooks as5
81 itn,h ,rc nsscntfni tn tnr fniirst
,non,mres ~ nr,n,,cnr and d,cn,.v If, snri. m
obicct. but ,heso nre Of no nyail il exciting any
scnantion If n,nns,,rc unins. t!,cr nro rnmbtnrd
r,eh s1ranc{n1 r. nrnnor,,ns ond vcorons health
1 t",1 1a1,nt, tr,nie whici arcms inrnnnoct to
snnnort tjc wc,oht ri 1imht mi foliage. or a
mcnrrc and nwSwaruly.shane head, or d thin
md weakly verctatlon, arc eut1iytent to ncutrat-
t,n nr,. otho- cinims whict nm inifvfiluni troc
mor ~ rsossrsa ~ In rn,nI beautiful.
Sotr ;n thc nstiva fnrcst. rrowIrr M our
woo1. t,n when undtstnrheti. it NAV nimo.t be
aid t,at no specimen OF at, Individual tree ID
rnvcr srcn: lint d. II freo wbich wnri he
thonchs hcaut5Iui. or even nnnroachitur tn
srm.nrtr,eol farm md hIst nrnnortion.
n II stood a1one. Nav. in thn
rrcnt maiority nf casns they nro
e. III h,,sn~od oI,d mi NJ nj nrnnnr,inn Tint Il
IL on1r hncn,Isc thev at,nd In n rrowil tl,at thcv
nrn ~ a1,c ~ st.n1 ~ Mi. II fic winds werc
"icarcI from around any ono OF then, Il would
hc 1rnstrated by thc nrst hirh wind. Yet tic
,roni1 ~ No. ,vr 1oGte NJ il frnn fhr nntatie nre,
sont. ~ " hnantif,l anoearance. We sea a dense
snnss # ,uxnriant fn;are r,yerjnc n iarcr nrrn
md frjnecd with an unlcrgrowth Of sGyubbcry.
With nreycn,s Tic cyc from penetrating it, re.
wn,,itl nthcrwi,e ho ohyiot1,. II va nush n,,r
ou 1to tt,o tntcrinr vo IND II t,,e spnnd il a.,
III r1 nnc. lint lie traos hare rim nm to
great m hight and have comparatively few
osnn'et esn an ir,r very foDs Wbc oaee m,fi
ts,da ~ ,.e,E snn1,nva hnvc anr1,ny IN het,yrrr,
ti,cm md seem to tnyc oxhaueteil themselves in
thc cffort to rearh tbn realms al sunshnc nhoyn
hann. t,n,cs.
t'Hr ;ihnrc !. y rortetn hcoutv an,, ,o1cn,ttv In
I'm IIcsr shat1ow and siicnre nj thr nrimttve
fnrcst cvrn in ihc mnkem,,t cnn,iitinn ,ahnyn d.
scribcd, but Ill It's elements OF beauty maY 10
nrnsnryeI md rrcntfy fncrca,ttl bv a tasteful
| uulI iudfcious removal o{ auch portions Of thc
natural growth ns tend onlr to jetract from liz
beauty md render It ronlparattycly lpacccssbc,
But t1e trouble with inc experienced tmproyers in
attempting such work is ,l,at sncy do not m
know whcre to begin or whore to atom
IN thc work OF thinning and opening,
They perceive TINT ,hc small growth scrrcs only
to render It dlillcult to moYo about or 10 sce
tbrouuh tic forest, and ,hcy conceive lint ,hc
onIy rorneiy lies in ia DIFFERENTIATION. The fIrst
wnrlx lint il dono In The jmnroycment ri Hurh 4
place therefore, Is *clcaring lip Inc under
brus'' at.d tic result, when Il is done, il that
ida fs .iostroycd br thercmoyai Of ali the lower
fniinro which had served Lo nrcssrye tic seciu-
aIn,, ri thc jnforior 'rI,a rva nf fhn mn sde nh
server pouctratcs eyerywhare under lie over
s,,nnorte,I m multttrju uf slender nnins hije
hc wi,o et,tors its prccinrts tlpis no seciusjon in
tts shadows, but Looks Abroad In eyery d;rcrtIon
through lis sa,no forest Of bars atcins. ii ihe
haxei bushes or o,acr natural ahri.b.
hsrv hai hccn left nt ,hc nt,t,
elrilt, ti1nr wn,,ia hnyc sc,vcd r. nrc.
scrvn thc connection between tnr fniior" ehnyc
@ ahe th hsrn taI ,rnnks Of III ti,e iSer. m%ciou.
nroscrration nj porttons of thc sn,nr ,,njcr
pr.,,y,h NJ irrera1ar intcrv,i. xri,hin u,.,1
Inv" scu,re1 intrracy and wreater a"r1Msion
n!nl. conferred an a:trastiyo charm upon u,s
ptueo "a se.as. - H,,hII. ,,in', T.. sS s - -