Litchfield enquirer., 1879-05-08
WHOLE NO. 2761
Plant Trees.

Spring time has come again. This is the season when every one begins to make some improvements. There are but few farms that contain enough ornamental trees about the buildings
 What trees shall the owners plant? For de- ciduous trees, select from open places Young Films, Naples, Lindens, Ashes, White-woods. For evergreens, get from the nursery stocky trees about two feet high. Unless the planter sorts, such as Norway Spruce, Hemlock Spruce, White Pine, Austrian Pine, Scotch Pine, Ar bor-vita, Red Cedar, Siberian Arborvite, Sa- win, Irish Juniper, and the like.
 Where shall he plant? Seldom in straight rows or within thirty feet or more of buil- ding. Rews of deciduous trees may extend along the margins of the highway. Plant them thirty or forty feet apart; protect them from cattle and mulch heavily, or keep them cultivated. In the direction of the prevailing cold winds plant evergreens for protection. Here and there about the grounds put in groups with now and then an isolated specimen. Leave some broad, open lawn without any trees or shrubs. Take up the trees well; keep the roots from the sun and wind; keep them damp | till they are well planted. Now mulch ct once | before dry summer comes on; or, instead of this, cultivate every week or ten days till Sep tember. It is good plan to plant thickly, if the proprietor can remember to thin in the proper time before any of the trees are injured | by crowding. Keep up the mulch, or better, keep up the thorough cultivation for five or six years. Besides this, the trees will need but | little care. With good cultivation, the tops l will run up and the limbs spread out the own | CT will be gratitied and surprised to see how | fast his trees grow. To keep the evergreens stocky, with thick tops, they should be trim med. They may be sheared, or, better still, some of the limbs should be cut back to where | they leave other limbs. This may be done at l'any time of the year. Have nc fears of cut | ting off the leader. Cut away anywhere you
 desire, and watch tine result. The more they
 are cut back, the thicker they will grow. | From year to year to year few new choice | kinds can be added, as the farmer becomes sat- 1 istied that he wants them.
 | Trees increase the value of place. whether
 the owner wishes to sell or to use it for a home.
 Trees shelter the dwelling and the barns from l piercing winds; they add comfort and joy to
 man and beast; they ecOnomiZe the food of animals; they save fuel in the sitting room they harbor birds; they afford shade in sum-
 mer. Plant trees for yourself, for your wife,
 for your children and grandchildren. Plant trees as good example to your neighbor and | the stranger who passes by your farm.
 We know pleasant old man who has a large l family. All of them have settled near him,
 and have not deserted country life. He is cheerful, and makes everybody about him hap
 py. At public meeting, the other day, he
 made 8 remark that impressed itself on the
 mind of every person present. We cannot give his exact words, but he substantially said
 Several years ago planted alot of evergreens
 about my house. took good care of them.
 People laughed at me and thought was vast
 ing time. They said 1 would never live to en-
 joy them. The trees are already the admira-
 ton of all who see them. 1 feel that 1 have
 set a good example for all to follow. Some
 neighbors have done so. 1 am an old man,
 and my body will soon be laid away in the
 country cemetery. A tombstone will be erect
 ed on which, now and then, some one will
 read my name. Far better than this the ev-
 ergreens I have planted will last for many
 years and serve as landmark. Neighbors, as
 they ride by, will say to strangers and their
 friends, old Mr-- planted those ever
 greens "-RurdI Neoo Yorker.