Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-09-17
TREES FOR RoADsIDEs.
Many Reasons Why Small Varieties Are
tho Most Advantageous.

tho Most Advantageous.
At the meeting of the Summit county
CO., Horticultural society President
sperry suggested good idea forroad-
side planting, which was to use trees
that at maturity are small. The ques-
ton arose upon the recommendation Of
Mr.. G. N. Gaylord, committee on orna-
mental planting, to use the beautiful
American crab as lawn tree, urging
that there was no tree that was more
beautiful than this when covered with
its blushing buds and very fragrant
flowers. An exhibition by the writer
large Powered dogwood (cornus forida),
called attention to another small-sized
tree of great beauty and value as an
ornamental tree, which is yearly grow
ing more scarce in the forests owing
to the fact that its small size and slow
growth make it of little economic value.
MIR. Sperry truly said that there were
serious objections to planting large
trees along the roadsides. They pre-.
vented the rapid drying of the mud
IN early spring and late fall, besides
seriously shading the land on adjoining
farms. Such medium or small-sized
trees as the crab and dogwood were not
open to these objections. The sugges-
ton seems to be an excellent one. !
have long been of the opinion that in
many places the room of naples and
:elms was much preferable to their COM
pany along the roadsides. There ara
only three months in the year when
roadside shade is of value, and this
only applies to roads which run in an
easterly and westerly direction.
Another practice which I hope win
in time die out, is that ofplanting large
trees along the sidewalk in front Of
houses. In almost every plan I have
been called upon to furnish for door,
yard improvement this feature is in
sisted upon, and coupled with the prac-
tjce of putting houses quite close to
the road makes it almost impossible to
plan the lawn with any sort of taste.
A maple tree whose branches in few
years will push rs feet into a yard
where the house is only 40 feet from
the street line, leaves little room for
anything except small shrubbery which
does not mind shade and drip of larger
growths. s-'.s2c-. ...- '.e-ses
Among small-sized trees besides the
two mentioned are several more very
desirable ones. The red bud, Halesia,
or silver bell, European mountain ash,
Neg1lndo or ash-leafed MAPLE nettle
tree, cut-leaved weeping birch, cut
leaved alder, and the double hawthorns.
the single being too common to war
rant planting. The pawpaw and sassa-
fras come under this head, and their
suckering habits make them undesira-
bic to plant anywhere except where
a constant use of the lawn mower keeps
the sprouts in check. Among shrub
berry which almost reach the dignity of
trees in height, but cannot be classed
as shade trees, may be mentioned the
syringa grandifora, the white lilac, the
purple fringe, the common SNOWFALL
and the white fringe or chinanthus.
The more general use of some of the
small trees. and large shrubs in place
of the very large ones would be great
advance upon the present practice of
using the largest trees, even in places
of considerable extent.-L. B. Pierce,
in Ohio Farmer.