416 State Horticultural Society. 



houses, especially so if it be a closely settled locality. But the most beauti- 

 ful, most hardy, longest lived tree we have is the sugar maple. Where 

 shade is wanted quickly, plant some of the others, but alternate them 

 with the sugar maple, and then cut the others out as soon as they begin 

 to crowd. I enter my most earnest and emphatic plea for the greater 

 planting of the sugar maple, and twenty-five years from now others will 

 bless those who planted. Let us plant for the present, but let us not 

 forget the future. 



One ofter item in this beautifying of our streets. Let us plant on 

 each street all the trees of one variety, so that the beauty of the street 

 may not be marred by bad breaks or gaps along it. Or plant two varie- 

 ties alternately, as the elm and maple, or the ash and box elder, the sugar 

 maple and catalpa, or the linden or tulip and one of the others, and then 

 cut out as soon as they begin to interfere. Do not allow tree butchers 

 to prune your trees. Pruning they need perhaps, but better call it train- 

 ing. Do not prune them too severely. Use moderation, and do not go 

 to either extreme. 



One of the other points that too many lose sight of, is the fact that 

 trees are just as beautiful while they are small as when they are large. 

 Do not try to plant too large trees. A young, thrifty three or four-year- 

 old tree looks much better for years to come than the bare pole so many 

 plant because they have the caliber; and these young trees will make 

 better trees and be fully as large in seven or eight years as are the large 

 unsightly poles seen everywhere. 



Love trees while they are grooving; love to see them grow; love to 

 care for them, see beauty in every tree, branch, twig and leaf, and you 

 may be sure the trees will repay you for all your care. — L. A. Goodman, 

 Westport, Mo. ; Kural World. 



