The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
The Philosophy of Tree Planting.

Editor Morning NelCS: To know how to
do thing properly. to do it on scientific
and philosophical principles, to do it at the
right time, constitutes the success of life.
Thus farming, tree-plantiug, the raising of
stock, do not belong to guess work, but TO
science and the laws of nature. To know
the laws of nature is to do thing success
fully. propose in this article to give our
city fathers an idea as to the Importance Of
tree-planting; the time when, and how to
do it. Trees are sanatOry, at is, con-
dusive to health; they are health giving,
health preserving, and the more the better
ID a climate like ours.
Next month, October, is the time to set
out trees The philosophy is simple and
sound. When you see heavy dews in the
morning it is sign that the earth is giving
Oft its heat, and it continues to give off its
heat until the earth Is cold from two to
three feet under ground. Ia some parts of
Russia the earth is frozen for ten feet under
ground
AS tie leaves cease to draw from the roots
and moisture in the ground after October.
the roots have rest. They begin to take
new life in the soil to furnish tie demand
that spring and u hot sun will draw from
the leaves. The soil under ground being
warmer than the surface aud tie atmos-
phere keeps the roots of tree planted in
Oct Der alive; the roots adjust them
selves to their new position. They
are not chilled or killed by
cold soil. which is the case in December.
January, February, and March, for the heat
has left the earth. 1t will take all summer
to reheat to the depth of two and three
feet To plant tree in cold soil. is like
one sleeping between damp sheets; the
sheets may be warmed, but the man is
chilled, made sick, the heat of his body
having been drawn off by the cold sheets.
Any one can see the point.
Plant trees when the ground is warm.
when the roots will grow from the heat.
and be ready to support the life of the tree
during the hot summer months A tree
planted III the spring, when the ground is
warm, and II 1T be watered two or three
times week to supply the demands made
upon the roots, may live, but it is all arti.
Icla4 aid, and not nature. Nature will do
her work better than we can do for her. All
sne asks Is not to violate her laws. but to
understand them
Trees are wonderfully sanatory in their
nature. They prevent disease. and when
the right kind of treeis planted for sanitary
purposes health is the result A good sized
peach tree Will give off eighteen pounds, or
ABOUT TWO gallons of moisture every twelve
=
.Aree times as much. Trees shave tenpera-
lure; for tho shade Of some are much cooler
ana pleasanter than others. Try the shade
Vi maple and pine, and note the differ
eAce. Some trees ia winter are warmer
.lan others. Evergreens are warm trees.
anu Keep IN check cold winds from other
Quarters.
Inc question may be asked, what is the
o1se Tree for Savannah and the surrounding
To-. h1al he,sx- -x,or
eucalyptus Is the tree 10 cultivate | give
ale" facts gathered from my reading. 1t
uas Already been proven beyond question
.uaI thls tree, when full grown, absorbs, or
.Slner Kills the spores and miasmas in all
ene malarial and fever-ridden districts
Wherever planted. 1t emits strong aro-
81 d Ia'lc or camphoreus odor perceptible at
u'ance Of i00yatds.
IN u california it IS now a favorite tree.
W ou Tor health and wood. The narrow
iIla'el, iron-barted variety is the most suit
que Tor our climate, instead of the gum
tbo = or blue gun eucalyptus, for it stands
M 49, Ho't better Near Los Angeles, Cal,
" Nc ae'e are 200 acres of these trees They
a,l planted only four years and half
ay from sed They are 16 inches
+ circumference and % feet high.
rs estlnaed that the trees are worth
10 NJ Tor fue and more than that for
boa- u acturng purposes. Mr.. j. Il. Byers,
tees H0' q" ronsiu VI 'o'o00
~, ~ IIllight5e well FOR our city fathers to
S5 sle eucalyptus tree a trial. 1t is an
y,o taea TINT the sap of tree runs down in
s,aeer' 97t at all. The tree is simply
81 Sa png, soto speak, and wakes up when
81 not 93rlhg snl with its rays puts the sap in
pro ~ urh"ng from the roots and moist
killed b me eath; If the roots have been
l.
a d,as DA'is 70 dray from, and the tree sooa
r. M. ORME.
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