The Republican journal., 1901-06-06
PRopEprY VALUE OF TkIss.


How they Help the Sale of country Places
you haven't any idea of the expense
and trouble to which wealthy New York
| ers who are buying up country places on
Long Island 60 to in order TO beautlfy
their property" said real estate agent
the other day to a visitor. Take for
instance the place which Edwin Gould
bought over at Port Washington. There
is an army of men now at work over
there planting trees.
s'These trees are not the young sap
lings which you might expect, but great
naples, full grown, and OF beautiful pro-
portions. Mr.. Gould is having drive
way extending fully quarter OF mile
from the entrance OF his place to his
house lined on either side with these
trees. The expense OF transplantlng
these big trees will amount to thousands
of dollars When the trees are planted
the entrance to Mr.. Gould's estate will
look as if it had existed for at least a
half century.
'.And that reminds me of the great
value placed upon trees by wealthy peo-
pie. The other day took man over
to look at place on the shore of Man
hasset bay. The place is high and slopes
off beautifully to the water. From the
highest part you can get magnificent
view way across the water to the West
chester Shore But there is scarcely a
tree ON it. The prospective purchaser
said to me-
You are asking S12, 900 for this place.
It's cheap at that, but l don't know as l
want it. / would give you SIS, 900 with
out moments hesitancy If it had trees
on 1t; 1T will cost me more than that to
get the trees planted here l haven't
sold him the place yet because he is
looking for shady spot.
Just the other day place down at
Great Neck came on to the market by
the death of an old lady. 1t had been in
the family for a century. The early
owners realized the Importance of shade
trees and planted them. Those trees have
been the biggest attraction to the place.
1t was rented within week to a rich
New Yorker
"a man who owns place a short dis
lance from Great Neck had four giant
beech trees on his front lawn. He recent
ly bought the place, paying S25OO for it.
One day last fall he received letter
from a man offering to buy the trees
The owner became indignant at the pro,
pOsal because he thought the writer of
the letter wanted to cut them down.
He wrote back to the man and said if he
wanted fire wood he could find plenty
elsewhere. Imagine his surprise when
the writer came to him and told him he
would give him $3.50 apiece for the trees
and fix his lawn up after the trees were
taken away. The man said he wanted
to transplant the trees to the estate of
a wealthy man who had seen and ad-
mired them.
''Have you heard what William G.
Whitney is doing to his house out at
Wheatley Hills? Well, he is paying a
florist $4,000 to plant moss on the roof
The agreement, of course, is that the
moss is to be put on artistically and be
made to grow. That florist is now at
work on his job. He had the whole
thing worked out by an artist, who told
him where and in what way to put the
moss on so it would look as if it had
grown there from age. This idea of Mr..
Whitney's is new one, but am sure it
will be copied by some of his acquain-
tances if it is successfully carried out.
Another thing very popular with
wealthy people is ivy. Some of the
florists have way of forcing this ivy
and of taking it from the sides of some
old building and transplanting it against
the sides of new house with very
pleasing effect.
A person who has ivy grown over the
side of his house and is willing to sell it
can get good price for it.''-New
York Sun.