Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-13
5000 Trees MMvsEe

old. while others are from "a to 100
feet high.
Around the large fields making up
the plantation are rows of Lomhardy
poplnrs 100 feet high. These. are the
fences OF the estate, and they make
They. often follow the irrgation
bitches. making Il double row OF these
trees walling the orchard or pastures
within. The rows OF Doplars arc'often
$50 feet high, ana that although they
are only sixteen years old. The Gus
tom of using them for fences and to
mark ont the boundary lines Is common
throughout the central valley of Chile.
This adds greatly ito tho beauty of
the country. 1t changes the face of
the landscape and makes it look great
~ like the farming regions OF France.
II is safe 10 say that tho country has
tens of millions of these beautiful
trees.
This great estate Is divided by such
trees into scctions. Sonic are devoted
TO grain some to vegetables and fruit
growing and others to the raising of
plants. flowers and trees like our large
nurseries at home, Going onward. we
are soon in the nursery part Of the rs :
tate. We pass rapidly from one great
tree walled enclosure tu runother, rid
ing on the railway. There ,;,rn, SO many
are SO different, that l cannot describe
them Don Salvador tells me that alto
gcther he has 10000 different species OF
trees OH the farm. He sells a half
million eucalyptus trees cvry year, and
receives single orders for as many rs
10000 trees at one time. He has one
plantation ut citrous trees in their
various-stagcs of cultivation, aud hero
/ YOU may see oranges, lemons and
F! grapofruit OF every! variety. sIic has
| long, lines OF ppplars>.from stock that
came from South Carolina, pnd in one
ct the nurseries there are 10000
acacios. IN another section find
25o,O00 peach trees ready for sale. and
as we pass this we come into acres of
apple trees, ranging in size from mere
sprouts to almost as high as our heads.
| There are 100000 apple trees in this
Held. and they are, twice rs tall and ms
thrifty aSs trees of-the sonc ago in our
made iron Salvador and myself ms VIC
stood in tho nursery TO show the height
OF the trees
Our next visit is TO plot containing
100000 cypress trees. These were
planted out. only few days ago. and
finger. NJ pick ups bunch out of the
plot ana count them. l have thirty
one trees in my hand, each of which is
an evergreen that will soon be deco
rating some lawn OF Argentina or Chile
These trees are raised under great tents
OF brush, or arbors. with brush spread
over them. They make me think OF
the tobacco tents in the states. a little
farther on is a plot OF plum trees that
contains 100000. Farther stlll are
oranges, lemons and figs. and other
scmitropical fruits.
Taking the car, NO ride TO the floral
part OF the establishment There are
more than twelve miles OF railroad OF
the estate, and we can go rapidly from
one place 10 another. The flowers arc
a wonder They are OF almost every
variety of the temperate and tropical
zones. There are great lighthouses cor.
| tanning thousands OF orchids, and in
| one section are 10000 rose trees, In
Gliding more than 1000 varieties
There are also vast beds OF lotuscs and
water lilies, and near them are groves
| OF persiminons, which Don Salvador is
| introducing into Chile. Iio has forty
varieties OF this fruit brought IN from,
Japan. Korea and China, and he ox-
| poets 10 make the ASiatic persimmor
| as popular iii Chile as il is now in the
/ States.
| Don Salvador is also experimenting
| in creating; dwarf varieties OF plants
and trees. lie showed me u peach tree
as high as my knee that had ripe fruit
{ on 1t. and u fig tree in bearing that
| was Of the same size. lie is making
! the famous dwarf pines OF 1apan, and
1 has some which are now n foot high
! and will ROMAN so for years.
J He Is importing fruits aud trees from
! everywhere. and that 1T great cost. As
I walked through the plantation. ht
! showed me forty now varieties Of vine.
/ that had, just been unpacked. They
came from Europe. and were in excel
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