New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-07
TALK AROTT TREES.

.,;-b+ eminepce in the village OF Pressure
IsIe * SPRUCE KNOLL" which was par OF
field cleared in 1912, left in grass for some years
aftcrward. and then abandoned as too poor.
nor,er Of a century ago II was green with young
srrnces. which later screened an academy ana
served for playground. 1t has since been opened
ont iudiciously, leaving spruces for shelter along
the roadsides. and on the tanks OF i've pretty
houses. which nestle comfortably there III
as many acre lots, completely smut IN IN TON TON
rough north and west winds, and from nv9
TO ten degrees warmer III WINTER anu
as much cooler in summer than surrounallg
exposed sites The air Is fragrant WIN oalsa ta
odors and there are doctors Dills 10 pay tha
at homes in general. The spruce avenue H q l"Nol-
lite and beautiful drive, and nuch enloyed a. -"
walk. A correspondent OF Iac -Hd%e IaI , saSs
sci trees are left standing there which now aver
age more than forty feet III height Ihey grow
taller at the rate of foot year ana nail an
inch in diameter. This IS an annual lucItaec VI
t1reutv feet of hoard 10 each tree, or over ten
cords of wood to the whole Inc sluifpaHe OF ms
increase at 80 per thousand would DE per cen on
5000 for each acre. at two trees on each square iou
AT a meeting of the Oxford. Ohio, Farmers
Climb If was generally agreed that wOodlots should
moi he seeded or pastured. But Mr. Bonham made
AN EXCEPTION in the case of full size timber.
among winch grass may well be allowed 10 grow as
much as the shade will permit, and Mt Brown sald
that a locust grove once well started can DC PAS
tured without injury TO the trees.
Experienced fence builders and Others VINO
nae wood in the rough for POSTS, tbs, ETC, unite
in the opinion that timber cut in summer, while
the bark will vet peel freely is much more durable
than that felled during winter. There Is ! IS OF
soluble sap IL the trunk and limos TO aosoio nH04S
ture ferment, and induce decay.
MIL. W. Rabbit, Bebee station Ark, VINO
has cultivated many kinds OF trees, and used WOOD
largely for rails posts and Tres tells The Io'cd Home
stead that if he were young man he would 20 INTO
a prairie region and raise TIMBER as more profitable
there than corn. He warIs against the coffee Dean
as II proves the least enduring or all common WO0us
when placed in contact with the soil, and makes
slower growth than most, being 10 walnut III that
respect as about TO D.
- Messrs. KraGs and Kaiser have i0und tnat
there arc two DAILY CHANGES OF DIAMETER IN the
trunks of trees; the minimum measurement beng
in the early afternoon and after midnight, and the
maximum at dawn and IN the eyenlng-the former
most marked This line of research may AID our
observing correspondents who are searching out the
WAYS OF NAPLES toward determining the influences
which regulate the sap-fiOw he tension seems 10
be greatest when the temperature Is lowest, OF
nearly so; cold seeming 10 construct the Whoio
tree.
Why do TIE WOODS maintain through all VI
cissitudes Of summer weather SO rich green, and
show so little mark Of suffering from the seyerest
drouths Partly, doubtless, because no human III
sect (Which OUT eTOds IN destrucveness ali others
mt torether goes IN with plough pruning knife
10 torture root OF Top dIIol us PiVOAuo'O'''i Nf
But yet more, because they are annually MANFRED
weeded and watered by the copious mulch OF leaves
which are shed over the entire ground surface
here these are raked oil blown OF soon see
decline OF tree growth manifested by dying tWlgs
and increasing snortness OF annual extension
These leaves decay but slowly. hut When reduceu
to what we call leaf mOIId Or humus. they become
the main dependence of the gardener anu norlst 70
produce the rapid yet vigorous growth whlcl Is TUE
admiration OF all who see L. Oi course leaves
rapidly in stables where they are soaked win
the urlne which, as 1t decomposes becomes power
mi solvent are as useful in the field IN the flower
nor and tbey are worth gathering from every corner
mo which the wind sweeps them Iii quantity De-
vond the local demand for their service.