Evening star., 1945-09-25
This and That
By Charles E. Trace,Deu


Trees, wind and rain make bad COM
bination.
A tree Is something no one with sense
wants to take down il he doesn't have
TO-; but sometimes he has to- and then
it may come about because of the above
association.
The month of September is notorious
for such storms, bearing down on CITY
ana suburbs Tor several days. uprooting
trees and causing others to lean.
The careful suburban resident will
make an inspection of his trees at such
times
What to look for? Many do not know
ana tnls Is where the tree expert comes
He will tell you that the sign of an
impending fall IS not so much a crack
which runs out from the base of the
trunk along a root.
1t Is, rather, a slight pulling awav
OF the soil around a section of the base
where the trunk enters the ground.
This is a real indication and means
that the tree had best be taken down.
Taking down a great tree is serious
business.
1t costs money, and it takes hardy
Gone are the days when the handy
man comes in, measures the fall of a
tree with his eye, and that whacks er
down, to let her fall IS she may.
The shivering contact of q mighty
like nothing else on earth.
1t is q sad sound, too, to 4 sensitive
ear. The lumberman may long have
lost that sense of something wrong
when tree falls, but the suburban
home owner rather makes q cult out of
trees. Perhaps at times he goes too far.
He has b" en- told that each tree adds
so much value to his property. Trees
add something in appearance not given
by any other material. They help keep
of the burning rays of the summer sun.
Standing gaunt as they do in winter,
they still clothe the block, keeping it
| from that bare look so common to new
developments.
When the tree enthusiast sees the soil
| pulling away from section of the base
OF tree, however, he may know that
the mighty monarch's days are about
| over.
The quicker it is down, the better but
expert tree men cannot work in the rain,
|
Sometimes it is possible to brace q
threatened tree by tying rope around
sturdier trees close by Sometimes this
is impracticable. Sometimes when it is
managed, the falling tree pulls two other
| perfectly good ones down.
Trees too close to house not only
are danger in case of a fall but they
also pull up great amounts of water
|
a local householder discovered during
the humid summer just past.
Trees are not all sunshine and joy
says.
Trees keep a painted house dirty
They clog cutters and downspouts. They
clutter up yards, driveways and side
walks with branches and other debris
They are an absolute danger at times
Many varieties are dirty the year around
Some drop caterpillars, others blossoms
leaves, seed pods, strings, etc.
Above all trees tend to make the in.
side Of q house musty in hot, humid
summer. Often the only cure for this
in a suburban home is to get rid oil
some of ones beloved trees, especially
those which are too close. Some expert.
insist that no large tree should be closer
than so feet to a dwelling. A hundred
feet, they say, is better.
Trees can be used to exercise the eye,
as one goes along the street. This Il
particularly good in wet weather. In
stead of going along with eyes on tn,
ground, catching the sometimes hard t,
take CLINT, one should look up at tn,
bark and leaves, and try to see if on,
can identify the species. In this wa.
the walker rests his eyes, and show
himself again how little he knows, which
! Is always q good thing. ,-4-