Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-26

to worse. What these men need is some
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neople like To nlant Tho smear manic
IT is an ideal tree for shade and the
associations connected Win This traa
are homeftl every way. but there is
no tree more likely fo get into disor-
der and martial decay man the smear
mamie ,vhen neglected II mnst no nm
daretandtngtv nlanted and tripon,od
and then = r,,,et Ia iudicfo,sf,. La
Ialone II will NOT endure being sawed
ana hacked at bv the professional
trimmer If set Gu that the roots win
NOT have too much yvater to disnose of
aud If tI, limbs arc trimmed 10 ahout
the riqbt biabt for nernanepcc q row
eff these manIas constitutes q most
rbarmino feature in road landseape
,rbfs bon.a,.er il wocfn1lv rara IF
t,in,,,ad afte,. IL ba . reached ,nucb size
tba ayndatiap of svyeet can draws in
sa.ts ,na tho bo,l. of tho treas Is varv
sansifi,.. bot snn ravs On The
,,.haI. ,a 90, har1t,- rocon,t,and his
,ree fa, ..a,eral street nIantina
,.,.,. much hatter mamie in all
-. - a. N.ar,,.a, This troo is
cbararterfuad t,v a milk iniee that Is
ac,id ,na aisaor.eafle ia al SORT Of
;nsacts. ard worms Tie free ie aln,ost
ahsolstoI,. fr,n,,,,a :, tha attaclfe of
,.,r,,,i, pasiao This the growth is
astan,djnol,. fost al Least one-third
ester tl,an the SUGAR mamie The
shada 10 dansa rron, rho foliage az very
10, ,oa,,as ricb graan IN the snn,n,er
90 e,,,a,.,. ,.alIa.,. /, fbo fa1, In all
-. t,is - ,.,.snie,,a,,s tree AZ ena
,,ro,,ortions aud cIapant shane II
may he fairly plaeed at the head of all
straot ,raes wherever maples will
thxi,.o On II ,eilf endure moist sotl
ahont as vel as the swami maple. and
II - NOT ouicl<lv affected nv drouth.
,rbaro ie hnt ono caution. and that is
tho tree must have room In the street
tl,.,. ..1,,,,,1d stand at lea st "A feet anarte
frhis- s.,,,5o ,.ilI he ranfd1v allied mn al
tboaab fil,ers may he nsed for tenn
,o,.a,.t ebads and removed LATER
rbfs rsatfar of filIers is understood
in orchards where the grower has a
sola.tian of small growing carly hear
tho annlo trees which he can Mace be-
tween the more lasting sorts. to Yield
frntt for = few wears while the STAN
dora trees are growing. The same
Man may be adopted with street trees
indfcio,,eIv Se1ect with care the trees
tbat arc to he nermanent and set them
far enough apart so that when grown
tbara shall be no collision of limbs;
tho, Mace between them trees of rapid
s,roy,fb that can he removed when no
1ona,er needed This will avoid the
nocessitv for mutilating your large
traoe after they have interloeked their
limbs
close after the Norway maple there
Is another tree TOO seldom used in our
streets bnt which has about all the
lf,atiftcations for a nerfect shade tree.
rba American linden or Eastwood has
s,,narh fo,iaon a fine spread of limbs.
tbe densest kind of shade, and is
aet,,all,. healthy in all soils 1t does
,o+ lilo solid sticky clay very well.
ana II does not ike to he abused with
artificial manures. Give it any nat
mol soil and il will develop into a
shade Tree 70 he enioved and proud of
Reside this it's blossoming is some
ming one may 90 far to enjoy. The
hoes adore tha Eastwood. They will
work. i'm II all night. making more
honey from it's nectar than from any
other American tree. ON the whole,
Americans can do nothing better than
to multiply the passwords in their
streets The maple does not heal over
easily but a Eastwood will repair a
wound of large size, and will recover
its strength, Its wood is soft ana
worthless for fires For this reason
there is common prejudice against
the tree. II deserves, however, a place
at the very head OF the American
fora.
OF course, where the teaks are al
home an oak avenue Is something
hard to beat. Nearly all the oaks are
tough ffbred, viii endure trimming, and
make admirable shade. The form OF
the leaf is So varied and SO finely cut
by Nature as to be very attractive