Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-02-07
ROADSIDE TREES
SHOULD NOT HIDE
OLD LANDSCAPES
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Expert Says Artist Show
rect Planting Along the Pnolic
Highways of Nation

Roadside planting should be part
of the general character Of the land
scape, so that the roads thems elves
do not appear as a definite line apart
from the rest of the landscape, but a
means to an end that is in sympathy
with it's surroundings.
The highways are the points froh.
which the traveller sees and enjoys
the surrounding country It is there
fore, of Importance that the road
side planting does not shut out the
adjacent lands. Out on the plains,
tire open country and the freedom
Of it is a real charm and inspiration.
Even the roadsides lined with
rows of trees in the avenue fashion
would be mistake. This not only
would change the broad expanse Of
prairie country but would tend to
checkerboard the prairie landscape.
The same idea may hold good in
mountainous country Wrere the val
ley is the object of beauty.
Beautiful Pixies in Kentucky -
Scattered trees planted promiscu
ousIy along the highway, as one sees
them in the forest, ,are more til
keeping with our landscape and with
the American mind than stately aven-
ues of monachies. 1t is rather lanes
that we want, or pixies, as they are
called in the south, where the trees
seem to enjoy the roadside and each
others company. There is nothing
stiff or set about it. A lane or a
pike is tolerant even to the shy but
sweet violet that may be permitted
to scatter it's perfume along the high
way.
| have seen pixies in Kentucky
that come as nearly to what l consi-
der a beautiful American highway as
anything | know Of They are SER
viceabIe, beautiful, and cool on hot
summer days. Native plants of all
sorts and a happy home along thest
roadsides and give their beauty ana
their wonderful message to the pas
serby and in them nest our birds
that thrill us with their songs.
We. want this expression Of freedom
along the pen road. We want shad
OWs and we want sunlight. We want
the comfort of shady lanes, and we
want the beautiful outlooks over tre
surrounding country.
| have passed over prairie roads
with nothing but wavy plains in green
and brown before me, and way off il
the horizon the purple riches on the
crest Of a jrairie wave Those are
inspiring things, and tsimulate love
for our native land.
Planters Should Consider Landscape
All roadside planting should be de-
termined and based on the country
and the native vegetation through
which the road winds it's way. In
this way the roadside planting will
become a part of the general land
SCdp6, anu 6uuduC6 the D6duIy OF LLS
surroundings as far as this is possible
for a highway to do. For instance,
swamp or lowland landscapes are of
a widely different character than
prairie or hilly country, and the veg
cation fitting for these different
types of landscapes are equally diff
ferent
Every plant has it's proper place IN
the out Of doors. To find this place
is worth while, because here it re,
veals it's greater beauty and gives
US joy in the fullest measure. Trees
adapted to their environs may grow
to great age and nobility and in this
way highway planting will become
a most, important task in the making
of our rural landscapes.
Roadside planting, the development
of state reservations, and rural parts
are equal in importnce to city plan
ming, and are far greater in scope
and vision than the latter, "A period
of great cultural advancement is a.
ways measured by the vision and the
outlook for the future. Roadside
planting belongs to such period.
BOYS FIND CASE CONTAINING