The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-14
IT Is TREE PLANTING TINE.

The simplest things are most
beautiful, and II Is blessing of ma
ture that most beautiful things cost
least. There is no excuse for unlovely
homes. where owners live in them.
To make homes lovely is SO easy that
it is almost criminal for owners to
neglect those things which add to
beauty, and to usefulness. Shade
trees add to the beauty OF homes,
and to the healthfulness of sur
roundings.
The trees supplied by nature
should be cared for, and when there
Is need for trees they should be
planted. They cost little, and live
with little care. An elm may be Sc
cured almost anywhere; sycamore
may be had without cost; a hack
berry will be found near almost any
stream; and there are other trees
which may be had for the taking.
There are flowers which cost so
little that the poorest may have
them; and others cost nothing at all
Yet any home may be made better
for them; and the home without
them is less comfortable for absence
of the things which appeal to the
best in nature.
Children should be taught to love
trees and flowers. A knowledge of
botany is not necessary to apprecia-
ton of them and yet such knowl-
edge will add to love for them: and
make them more lovely. Girls natur-
ally love flowers. and all children
soon learn to love them.
When a tree or flower can speak
of the child is awakened, and there
are thousands of messages to the
child. These are good, and none of
| evil. People who have not learned to
love trees and flowers have missed
much of happiness.
| There is nothing so grand, so I'M
speakably noble, as our splendid old
| forest trees. Through centuries they
have lived. while men came and
I went. and to race and generations
| they have spoken messages, read by
those who loved them. Happy is the
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! the trees.
Plant trees When the leaves have
dropped and the sap is down they
need but a chance to live; and every
labor in planting them is repaid a
| thousand fold Plant trees.
Where the expense of nursery
trees may be borne it is better to
buy trees from some reliable nur-
seryman. The cost is not great. and
the result is often better Nursery
trees have been specially prepared
for transplanting, and arc more apt
to live, and make better trees. There
are nurserymen who will give plaiI
directions, and will help in many
ways. We advise those who wish to
plant trees to buy their trees from q
reliable nurseryman, if they are able
! to do so.
But plant trees, Plant trees which
Will live, and give shade, and add tc
! the comfort of the family. Children
! who live much under the shade oil
| trees. around the home, are better
than children who have no shade
! trees. They are happier and more
easily controlled Plant trees
When the hour Of rest comes, and
| father and the boys lie down under
| the trees upon the clean cool grass
| they are brought into contact with
the most beautiful things in nature
! When father and mother and the
boys and the girls all sit under the
trees, and rest upon the grass. there
is the human language OF love; and
/ the more eloquent language Of
: illiuSS HlNll SpEdh Siitut
The groves were Gods first tenn
! pies" and here God tells Of infinite
! love to generations now as in ages
past
| The splendid columns of Greciar
| temples are not more beautiful thar
arc the oaks in many forests; the
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: Arch OF Triumph has not half sc
/ many lines of grace and beauty as
! has fine elm; sycamore exceils
all the work of Roman builders; nc
painter can paint SO lovely a flower
as the rose; the lily defies all art
while the violet shades all painting
Trees and flowers are the art OF
arts, the art of the poor, and their
pictures are unrivaled. Herein IS the
haudiwork OF God, end every tree
and flower a pledge Of love and an
arpCal 10 tie soul OF man.