IRISH GARDENING. 



Correspondence. 



Highway Planting. 



Sir, — I have read with keen interest the letter from 

 "Vintor"in this month's issue of Irish Gardening. 

 The idea of settings to work to beautify our main roads 

 is excellent. That the dwellers along- the particular 

 higfhway should themselves take the matter in hand is 

 indeed a " happy thought." Not onl}- would trees add 

 to the attractiveness of the hig^hwa}-, but in these daj-s 

 of motors and smothering clouds of dust a screen of 

 foliag-e would secure comparative cleanliness and com- 

 fort in the dwellings. 



But in all such matters the greatest difKculty is the 

 difficulty of overcoming- the inertia of a bod}- of people at 

 rest. If some one with public spiiit and with the neces- 

 sary push would onl)- make a start in his own particular 

 section of road, form a small working- committee, and 

 then canvas the neighbouriiood for support, perhaps 

 something- mig-ht be done. I believe there is an Irish 

 Forestry Society in existence that extends its influence 

 to the promotion of " Arbor Day " festivals. Surelv such 

 a work as that advocated by your correspondent shoukl 

 meet with a lieart\- support from the Society. It is not 

 sug-g-ested that they should do the work, but it is sug- 

 g-ested that they should enter into such nictvemeiits with 

 a progressive and missionary spirit, interesting- and 

 stimulating- the public to think and to do, and sc) lend a 

 real and immediate aid to suburban tree-planting-. 



Arbor. 



Sir, — "Vlntor's" sug-gestion in the current number of 

 Irish Gardening is altogether excellent. I really don't 

 think that it requires either discussion or modification. 

 The carrying out of such a plan would entail ver\- little 

 individual expense, and I am sure it only requires a few 

 men holding- "Vintor's" views and a faculty for 

 org^anisation to get the work started next Autumn. 

 What a difference it would make to the enjoyment of 

 everyone either living along- or using: the road!— Cyclist. 



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