Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-20

out the city that the most trees are spoiled
by too much pruning. For example, a
cork elm should be trimmed and shaped
in the first and second years after plant
ing: When that is done properly, the tree
will take care of itself better. A person
that knows nothing about pruning will
spoil more in one hour than the tree will
make good in five or ten years.
PLEA FOR SOUR ORANGES.
| Robert Williamson, the we'll known nur-
| seryman, and a member of w. X. Strong
q Co, next added his views. He said he
had been highly entertained with the re-
marks of those that preceded him. Their
views were excellent, their selections ad-
mlrable, and their suggestions good. He
SAID, OF all deciduous trees, however, he
| thought the cork elm the finest 1t was a
| strong grower, symmetrical. and uniform
| in its habits. The American elm was not
| uniform in its habits, che would be weep
| ing, another upright and another stray
cling. He grew the cork elm from cut
| tlngs, and got uniform trees in every in
stance. The silver maple he regarded as
very fine tree. 1t had a uniform habit, and
that was the beauty of street or avenue,
| to have it all look alike. This committee.
OF course, cannot dictate what kind of
trees shall be planted, and there will be
| as many varieties as tastes in the same
block. What we should endeayor to do
| is to
EDUCATE THE PEOPLE
Up to the fact that the best should be
adopted and then all on the same street
plant that and none other. The Carolina
poplar would do well in the lower or
southern portions of the city. The hand
soonest tree in the city to- day is the China
| umbrella trees in Add @. Hinksons yard
of ruJon t,,-t "a nd
no trimming to be done all YOU have to
| do is to get it up. The prettiest avenue ]
| ever saw was one shaded with umbrella
trees. If the tree is ten feet high, then it is
| ten feet across; if twenty feet high. then
twenty feet across, and a perfect umbrella
| 1t has dense green foliage. If you want to
| make selections of evergreen trees You
| must take the character of the soil
| into consideration. The excelsia araucaria
wants moist climate, but the Bidwellii
will do well in this section. The Monterey
| cypress is a good tree, is cheap and can be
| obtained almost anywhere. The Monterev
| pine is another cheap tree, and will grow
almost anywhere. The Greville robus
won't stand a cold snap or heavy wind
The sugar maple is slow grower and is
| failure here. The tulip tree grows slowly
here, and not so luXuriantly as in Ger
| many. The magnolia grandiflora may
stand at the head of the list as Mr.. Mel
drum says, but it is slow grower and
| very expensive tree. A tree from two to
| four feet high costs all the way from 81 to
81 so.
! THE BOSS TREE.
There is tree that has been suggested TO
me by Mr.. Gillet of Florida, and that is ii g
| wild orange. 1t is beautiful tree, a rapid
grower, hardy and will stand more frost
| nan the sweet orange, the fruit hanging on
he tree for several months after they are
pc. The small boy will let them
| alone, for If he tastes one once he will never
10 so again. The fruit is large and finer
cooking, if anything than the cultivated
varieties. Those who want a good cheap
| rec can do no better that plant cork. ma
pies or palms. The California palm is ths
best because IT IS hardy and = ran. ii =. over.
The suggestion of NJ Ere 10 .. ina e re
deciduous trees with eve green's 5 All eN-
| CciiCnl one
TIE Florida orange, in my Opinion. is
lie "->t ittc We can In>,.riN ye We can
tItu % t'hcr, get some "' ,iese colonies to
-o a wjin g., and , ouj = carload q,
% 600 o. Is coo ,rces / would like to see
| ~ s.ree'n sctAEt with wild OraLee trees
In jacksonville and other cities iii Florida
bet have 40 other shade OF orllAm,i! u,
see. and Iir sight is trulv beau ia ana
- - nal "a hf4N iii'f SiSl4 MOuHl slntt
paralyze he Eastern visitr. They reuu y
no m'ofc, ia fact noy 50 much Ns.er r.
'tne6 ueeS
Fhe acacia blaekwood is 2 fre tree
as also some - the ,epl,es
varis es and theySwili Go well IN the ca.
ern suburbs.
Nh. Williamson was asked how erge u @
wild orange Tree Wv and he reeiled
those on the public streets ia Jackson
Vile We're forty and fifty fee in high
Ol line symmetry, .neyer required any
pruning, and no care Their foliage is
dark green. The speaker gave
>ome general views on tree planting
anu pruning. He said Sacramento mad ;,
mum oer of wood-butcers goine a-ouI ct
own hacking trees to pieces TheY addeu
| nothing 10 The beauty OF the trees, and
uid much 10 iDjure them.
a VOICE From FLORIDA.
N f. GilIett, of 81 a. Lake Weir
! Florida, a gentleman engaged in the orange
| business of thar Stare. and at present the
guest Of NJ Williamson IN this city, was
| called upon iGr j lew remarks regarding
| The wild orange. He said With US it
| grows wild III our forest. We have other
,ine trees, the magnolia, water oaks and
acacia del Dotto and Dekim). They We p
nearly all killed with our little cold spell
| wv ySoio 1SOf NiiiiC VIC win
withstood the rigor. 1t is the pet nee
| Florida, and | don't know as J am doin 4.
right by my section in giving il away.
| is the pride OF our cities. IT enbeiiisheS on
| parks, il shades our roadways and fun 81
| the budding sock for our choices va
| cites. In 1850, the big ires re in For ,
| killed all the sweet oranges on me >
| John river, wbie we know tia in re
| forest, or s,s call tuem itmmuct,s, 81 :
| that stream there t = id oranges or q
| hundred years Old large ound n.l MY
| body and sixty feel in blight On n tre .
| they grow up very much like he III, }u't,
| We have more rain than you do, ina, s.
rains odener.
| \ SHOWER EVERY DAY
| Almost from the ist of June to the LIST { {
| September. These orange trees would
never suffer here for want of moisture, for
they will grow where anything else will
! The fruit hangs on the trees from one year
to another. They are finer looking than
| the sweet orange. 1t pleases our visitors,
| who are more delighted with our sour
| orange avenues than they are with our
| sweet orange groves. We think planting
| them out in the cities and towns is an adj
vantage to our State, and we are using it
| for what it is worth. Seeding orange
| trees in Florida grow to immense size. He
knew of one tree between so and 90 feet in
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