The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02
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Hints on Home AdOrnmenf.

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ever to grow lovely through man q tastes
and labors. it is this class of persons
who must make it SO. The farmer
should take plenty of ground for spec
id ornamentation If he have a SOME
what irregular surface available for such
apurposej 1T should be used in Prefer
epce to the smoother land. as it affords
better opportunities for variety, a thing
to,be desired in our western landscapes.
ii he does not take sufficient space and
is a person of taste twill prove a mat
ter for lifelong regret. =, Many people
have this to lament over. They have
planted etergreens, hard naples, will
lows. box-elders, honey locusts and
other trees, eloseY together, and when
these trees arrive at an age TO display
their beautysthev begin to deform each
other. - Every. time the owner steps
through his door-yard he sees fine ev-
ergreen, or some other favorite tree,
growing into hopeless one-sidedness or
stnnted worthlessness, from the close
companionship of other trees, and,
while he deplores it he usually lacks
courage to do anything about it; thus
his door-yard becomes a torment in
stead of a Joy. Whoever invented the
country door-yard did the.world a great
injury. Since that time most country
people find no place to put fine tree
but in the door-yard.
PLANT trees literally but not indis-
criminately Every tree has its own
beauty and its-oWh place. bat nothing
can be more indefinite than the ideas
Usually entertained on these points.
The most common though. seems to be
that if tree or ,shr4bs is handsome in
itself it will look Wen anywhere" The
Truth appears to be that, if we wish to
produce fine effects sby stree-planting
the adaptation of the tree to its place,
not only by its general form and habits
but by the sentiments which it awakens
in the beholder, is of prime Importance,
Trees which express strength, indie
.pendence, retirement, shelter, seem
better adapted than any others. to our
prairie homes. Our winters are cold,
our winds are fierce; the trees must
have strength and endurance. to with
stand them. Upon our broad open
lands we seem to live in all outdoors;
we want trees that will shut US into the
retirement and privacy of home. We
want trees that will warm and comfort
the landscape. A home with oaks, ma
pies, elms and evergreens has indie
! pendence, intelligence and refinment
associated with it. A home with pop
lars and other soft wood chiefly, is a
1 cheaply gotten up affair and has pow
erty-strickeH look. We would not dis
parage the planting of the deciduous
/ soft woods, but great care should be
taken in regard TO kind, place and also
number, 81 ,''-
Though slow growing tree, there is
none which assumes a pleasing appear
ance sooner and which will give greater
satisfaction than the hard maple. There
is no other deciduouS tree that clothes
itself in such fine apparel at the dame
ter of five inches. q One or two in the
pasture, clump in your special
/ grounds near the house, and a few, OF
!. a row if you choose, beside the road,
I will never seem out of place. There is
no single tree that 'individpalizes itseli
in a more characteristic manner than
the white elm when il attains age u I;
is especially welcome at the corners OF
the road, at the entrance gate, or as a
roof-tree. The oak is a hardy, indie
pendent tree, and stout enough in the
| shoulders to hold its arms out straight
without splitting. The man who is SC
fortunate as to have grove of old
1 oaks. or scattering ones, about bis
4 dwelling should be carefufabout cutting
them away. Nothingsswhichs he can
1 produce in the way, of ornamentatioI
=, during his lifetime will ever replace
the loss of such old settlers. The RED
or swamp maple, asseen IN the Septem
Der woods lof the East, is like the scar
let tanager among the feathered, tribes
! A tree or two of this species in group
of evergreen would. at the time of yeal
when it puts on its scarlet, make re
markable feature in the landscape.
This tree in coloriis the lpure red wine
of autumn; nothing in the landscape in
toxicates like it. ...#.-..t.. d.
I Most farmers consider the extensive
planting of evergreens very expensive.
The proper way to reduce cost is to Sc
4 out small nursery of hardy, free
growing kinds. The cost of small trees'i.
little and the labor of caring for then
trihing. In few years they are ready
for use during any leisure day
in the tree-plantlng season. My
own expense for small evergreens
sufficient for use on my farm die
not exceed $50. When they had grow
to size suitable for removal to ALREADY
chosen permanent localities, with s
team, low sled and a man to assist J
have removed and setout large GROUP
in day. The, days spent in this labol
are among the happiest of my life. L
is iov to raise a tree. to set it in it
permanent home, and think that it viii
remain monument of ones tastes ant
labors for perhaps a century or more
For this farm paid $50 per acre, ant
in less than ten years sold it for So
per acre. Farm adornment does pay il
. money as well as in beauty. Dollar
I never return heavier interest to tn
farmer than when put in attractive oh
iects that will increase the charms o
nature upon his land. .4--,, i.r.. ~,
Woodlands keep the homestead il
good heart" No farm is complete with
out one, for beauty as well as utility.
it be close. to the highway, and hav
some depth, it adds greatly to the APP
parent seclusion of ones premises. Dis
y lance s,deceptiEe and greatly magnifie,
in woodlands. Deep green, retired
snug in. winter and cool in. summer
what fires light up a wood OF rningle,
2. trees in autumn! An opening in tn,
wood is rendered very pleasant if Grim
soned in September with a patch Q
sumach. A few trees of the juneberry
wild plum, and towering dogwood wi
.whiten its borders in May, and an occa
: sional crab-apple will flush it with re
! at about the same season. A GOOD