Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-01-19

lnS,-UOlulDS UuC d u uAh DAiS oiiN
iunsightly, cumbering the ground.
What we need is to have these stumps
cut down and new, small, healthy,
whip-like trees properly (and intelli-
gently planted at the right distances.
|, and cared for and pruned with intelli-
Eencej for a few years-then think of
now or: streets would look!
! The forestry department has only a
short time in which to do much work.
MAJ ch is the time limit of tree plant
ing. will the work be done? Or will
this year be lost to US? Couldn't each
citizen of the town plant one tree on
the streets before March /? That does
not seem like much to do-and think
of the result!
We have only a short time more
left us in which to enjoy our ever
greens they are a pleasure at all
seasons of the year, but it is in the
dead of winter that they are a joy.
Up to December We have flowers and
bright colored leaves; then when these
flowers die and these leaves fall, the
eYeIgI cen leigns supreme until the
burning bush" and golden bells"
come, leading mighty host of flowers
to establish another dynasty. Now is
the time to walk over town noting the
evergreens in all their stately varie-
ties, and decide which ones our gar
dens can no longer DO without. There
are always magnolias-tirst, last and
all the time. Those dcubting the de-
of magnolias, .)ok at those
two magnificent trees in Miss Flora
McKay's garden; in Captain Malloy's
garden; in MIS-. Kinsey's and MIR. c.
A. Mailoy's, and MS. McLauchlin's-
all tall, graceful specimens-the most
beautiful brcad-leaved eveTgI Gems in
the world.
Passing by Mrs. Deems Finlayson's
and seeing her two superb cape jas
mines, you will at once make up Your
mind not to let another year go by
without planting one;-hopins you
will succeed at least half as well,-for
these two are the finest in town. You
will likewise make the same resolu-
ton when you look at the "Apollo's
laurel" of Mrs. MCLAUGHLIN; the bana-
ma shrub of Mrs. William Godfrey; the
pyramidal box of Mrs. T. F. Malloy; |
the great round box plants looking
like giant cannon-balls, at Mrs. S. Nc
[vers and Miss Elizabeth Waddill's;
he oleanders Of Miss Marie Lynch;
he ivy-covered tree, Of Mrs. H. E
Godfrey: the iapa now in full bt..'
)f Mrs. Pollock; the sweet olive OF
Mrs. A. l.. Evans; the thicket of &C.
lars in the Presbyterian church yard;
he pittisporum of Mrs. Stevenson, also
her eighteen-foot palm; the rynchos-
D rnum vines of Mrs. T. p. Harra!l,
Miss Lynch, Mrs. l.. d. Ha: and
Mrs. Mclean; the arbor Of rhododen-
irons and yellow jasmine at Mrs.
Hendricks (this yellow jesmalne
blooms two to three weeks earlier
han any other vine III Chesterfield
the old mock-orange hedge
the only one in town) at Miss
4ynch's; and the old, old cedar hedge,
planted, nobody knows how many
;ears ago, by Mr.. Jack Snipes, when
ne built the house in which Mr.. G. A.
lalloy now lives. This old hedge is
he only one left of many that flour
shed here thirty or forty years ago.
It is at least ten feet high and bor-
i IN. frnr hn n
steps, then turning at lignt angles
ollows the outline of the house; MAX
ng the piazza practically what would
low be called sun parlor"-delight-
'ul, secluded, sheltered No child ever
went up this mysterious, cedar-scent-
ed walk but knows to a dot the feel
ngs of the. children of Israel when
they walked through the Red sea,
with the water piled up-"a wall on
the right hand and OH the left-"la-
BILE to fall down at any minute, with
utter destruction. 1t is all interesting
relic of fol gotten style OF the dead
past. speaking eloquently of the calm,
retiring. non-curious time when houses
and homes, built and kept for the
comfort of those who lived in them,
who cared not at all for show or dis
play. There are some thin places i'll
the old hedge, but no breaks. May it
stand for many, many years!
Then last, but perhaps the most use
ful evergreen we have, is the bamboo,
cat-brier, or Southern smilaX-the
last name is the prettiest; so suppose
we call it by that name. This vine is