The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-02-08
THE EVERGREENS
BY r. 3. BUCkHAM.

To tell something really new about the ever
greens would be a difficult task indeed, since
the reader has doubtless been familiar with
their principal traits and characteristics since
boyhood. and knows them all, root and branch
But few facts relative to them may never
theess prove convenient for reference and In
teresting and suggestive.
First of all, then, they are distinctly desira
Bile shade and ornamental trees though
many fail to recognize their value as such In
time, however, they will surely come to receive
the place as such which is due them
No tree can add more to the landscape than
one Of these, and especially in the winter sea
son, when so many others are leafess and for.
lorn The wonder is that we do not see more
of the evergreens in the streets of cities and
about fine country places
Again, they are OF prime value as timber
The price Of soft wood lumber is steadily in.
creasing, yearly. When this country was first
discovered. and grants OF land were given by
the king, In most cases great care was taken
to reserve the pine thereon to the crown Its
value was recognized then. Shall we fail to ap,
preciate it. today?
The eyergreens are all of them hardy and
easily grown, and adaptable to almost any eli.
mate I'D condition OF soil and surroundings
You will find the spruce growing on the ex-
pCStu anu Cuilly upper Slopes OF mountains. and
again equally we'll along the muddy banks of a
river. or in the depths OF wet and gloomy
swampland, or out upon the sandy plain Only
give them fair chance and the evergreens will
look out for themselves. There is no portion of
our nation In which they cannot be grown with
success and TO advantage The present Is al
ways prOHitious with them. They care not
whether times are good or bad, or what polft
cal faction is in the ascendenoy. They are
ready to launch out with you on venture In
the lumber business at any time and thew
make pretty good partners to tie up with, too.
The several varieties of the evergreens have
their peculiarities. traits and habits, b means
OF which they can be selected to conform to
ones individual circumstances. Thus the hem
lock and the larch seem to be able to endure
almost any amount of moisture in the soil
whereas the pine is best constituted t, thrive
in the most barren sands, and to endure long
continued droughts. The spruce is the most
successful of them all in doing without sun.
shine, surviving dense shade, and making itself
at home on northern mountain slopes. where
the snow fingers far into the spring. and the
sun makes out to shine but little time each
day.
Almost any condition of soil and situation
can be met by these hardy growers, and thew
seldom fail to return a good profit to the man
VINO is willing to loan them the use of his land
If the large leayed trees retained Iheiy foliage
throughout she year it is difficult to imagine
what havoc wind and sleet and snow would
not occasion amOrs them; but the foliage of
the evergreens is so shaped that though 1a
tanned throughout the year. no damage resu,ts
in the iercest gales What would be the do
struction Of other trees, but makes music
among the eYergreens Long may their 1vrss
be attuned throughout the hills and valleys NJ
our country!