ARBORICULTURE 365 



Along the Mississippi River, about branches reach out in various directions, 

 the old time plantations, there were and these great arms stretched out over 

 some avenues, double rows of Live the other trees of the forests, become 

 Oak trees, leading from the residence very stout, while the lower branches 

 to the river landing, w^hich were quite gradually die and fall away, 

 ancient half a century ago, and some In the same manner the Carolina Pop- 

 are yet standing. lar has quite a handsome pyramidal 



These w^ere of priceless value. We shape until it is 1 or 15 years old, but 

 illustrate a Live Oak tree in City Park, by the time it has reached its twenty- 

 New Orleans, and another near Bay fifth year it has entirely changed, the 

 St. Louis, Mississippi, on the Louisville top having spread out, the main 

 and Nashville Railway. branches becoming stout and diseased, 



There are comparatively few local- presenting a very ugly appearance, 



ities in the streets of cities, w^here the We some time ago gave a photograph 



Live Oak can be used to advantage be- of the Grizzly Giant, one of the great 



cause of the great area covered by its Sequoias of Mariposa county, California, 



branches, and these often bend to touch This tree is 3000 years old. It has no 



the earth, under the weight of the foli- side branches, they having long ago 



age. disappeared, the immense trunk tow^er- 



For private grounds and large parks, ing four hundred feet high is surmount- 



it makes a superb shade tree, of course ed by a few^ stout arms with a small 



being confined to the south. amount of foliage. * 



Where a street is of extra width so For the first hundred years of its life 



that a central park way can be formed, the Sequoia is of conical form, having 



the oak may be set in the center of the dense foliage all the way along its trunk 



street to advantage. from ground to" apex. Unless, however, 



When not too large, the Quercus vir- it should be in a dense thicket, when 



ens is easily and safely transplanted the side branches would be eliminated, 



and is not a slow tree to make a show- With long lived trees we may not 



ing, although its greatest beauty and consider what they will be in three hun- 



magnificence is attained after a dred or three thousand years, but in 



century's grow^th. those having but thirty years to live we 



The tree is beautiful and attractive should look carefully to the character 



at any age, and should have prominent twenty years hence. 

 . place in all southern cities. 



Repeal the Tariff on Wood. 



Change in Form of Trees. 



There never was a cause for the tariff 



Several tree species w^hich are pyra- on lumber other than to aid the lumber 

 midal in shape while young, become trust to destroy American forests as rap- 

 very broad, with spreading tops, in age idly as possible. 



The Bald Cypress is an instance. The sooner all duties are removed 



During the first fifty years of the life of from paper stock and lumbet the better 



this tree it retains its conical, or pyra- it will be for this nation, 



midal, shape and is very handsome, but But'as the government and politicians 



as the tree increases in age, and has are dominated by this trust, congress 



reached its limit in height, the topmost does not dare offend it. 



