Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-03
TREES FoR RoApsIoEs.
My Reasons Why small Varieties Are
the Most Advantageous.

My Reasons why Small Varieties Are
the Most Advantageous.
AT the meeting of the Summit county
| (O.) Horticultural society President
Sperry suggested good idea for road
side planting. which was to use trees
that at maturity are small. The ques-
tion arose upon the recommendation of
Mir. &. y. Gaylord, committee on orna-
mental planting, TO use the beautiful
American crab as a 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
of some rose-coIored blossoms of the
large lowered doggood (cornus florida),
called attention to another smaII-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 It's small size and slow
growth make it of little economic value.
Mr.. 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 I
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 are
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 hope will
in time die out, is that of planting large
trees along the sidewalk in front OF
bouses. In almost every plan l have
been called upon to furnish for door
yard improvement this feature is in.
sisted upon, and coupled with the prac-
tice of putting houses quite close tc
the road makes it almost impossible tc
plan the lawn with any sort of taste.
y maple tree whose branches in a few
years will push 25 feet into 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
gTowths.
Among small-sized trees besides the
two mentioned are several more very
desirable ones. The red bud, Halesia,
or silver bell, European mountain ash,
Negundo 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 |
d 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, |
m Ohio Farmer.