The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-26

age that can be imagined. The wild oberTT
is good tree 90 plant set By itself. and ia
= ending habit corrected. by giving 10
space On careful pruning, will make OF ~
q thick-set tfoe. and itg beauty and sweet
ness In bloom will compsntate Tor all
trouble Ia ita propagation.
IA 90 planting Bs oontsnt to have
your shaIe I. oss in sizs, as youf children.
small aud undsveloped. lie who plants
full own tree has task difficult Ia the
extreme 70 gain success and Is robbed Of
much pleasure IN noting this d0valopme nt
Don't 90 Into the limb aad solsct trees.
say four inches ia diameter. and hack on
the stem with dull HIo some eight feet
from the ground the Toots first having bsen
hacked OF the ound 20 rormt OF more
ease IN digging snd likewise in planhng.
He thar wants 60 save trouble. can best do
IL by religiously RETAINING from having
anything 10 do whatever with trees. Moth
ing will ~ well repay consultations pnins
and trouble. or 90 quickly resent abuse, or
nny kind OF character. Can you reason
rom cause to eHsct2 IL so why not ooa-
8 der that nature has lavishiy adorned
these grand mountains with the most beau
full Of all-the eve green. and why not coat
these down from the hiilsidea 10 the door
rardsp Has 10 occurred 20 you that these
valleys could as readily be occupied by sic
same trees II opportunity were Afforded
theml Ihess can be readily trausplanted
% III small sizes are selected and the tops
cut back when planting.
'Don't plant trees in she fall Of the year,
o. any other time except in the spring ana
before the foliage has started. Do not
pant In straight rows except on ths out
eide Of sidegalks along The streets ans
highways How quickly would Joa resent
IL were your neighsor 20 erect partition
fencs twelve TO forty feet Ia height along
she line. and even we're be 90 paint 10
living green; and that is Just What will
happen major portion OF The year when
trees that are closely planted in straight
lines are given time TO gain siZs. Plant in
olunps irregular IN location and design
leave vistaa through which the vondrous
mountains can be seen. IL wind breaks o.
shsltsrs are desired, set the house 90 'front.'
from the p evAilinR WiEds and create eVsr-
green shelter hills az the rear Of the hease.
"Don't irrigAto too fequentlY; remember
Whist constituted growing times in sections
waited BY rainfall. Wa IN, pleasant show
srs ten DAYS TO two weeks apart through
the growing season, coming upon soii we'll
wet down by spring rain. or the winter
snow that has melted aud found Its way 10
Ga soil. "Don't irriRats 30 late In
the fall so as TO preserve the foliage long
past the natural time for It's shedding. he
result Of this ia that the early anow falls,
warm aud damp, usually due In bsptenber'
cling 10 the foliage and crush the tree by
the weight of the snow, whereas ~ the
leaves were permitted 90 risen aud fall al a
natural period this insaleulAble damage
would be obviated.
Are trees worth she care and trouble in
oidsnt TO possession? What can be more
forlorn and deaolste than the abiding place
that has been literally shed down upon the
Iandsoaps, with no treea to shelter from
tue Wintfy blast OF the soorehipg rays OF
the summer sun. small WondSF that auoh
places be ehestless. osmfortless GhslteTless,
that cannot be tTuthfully called homes. MOI
that the youth bred within such environ
ment spread their wings aud ny from such
| desolation, as do the swallows from theii
nesting places of clay; but, alas, tbs sWal'
/ low returns with the change of season,
while tho human bird OF bassage has nc
home instincts bred of loving memories oil
the home, be 10 ever so humble. II 10 be
tmboWsfed in the tender loving shelter OF
/ the grand Oh trees 10 Prompt his return &c
! the place OF his childhood.