TREES 



planted than soft-wooded trees. Pruning 

 requires knowledge and skill, and those who 

 plant should inform themselves upon the 

 subject. 



Unsightly caterpillar nests that often ap- 

 pear on certain trees and shrubs can be 

 easily destroyed by taking pieces of old 

 cotton material, binding them with wire 

 around the end of a long pole, saturating 

 thoroughly with kerosene, then lighting, and 

 with this gigantic torch burning the nests 

 and the caterpillars. 



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EVERGREENS 



Too much cannot be said in favor of ever- 

 green trees. They are beautiful objects, 

 give depth and background to all growth in 

 Summer, and are a blessed delight in Win- 

 ter, either as the only bit of green in a 

 brown and desolate landscape or as a con- 

 trast in the snowy scene when the great 

 branches bend under their load of white. 



Evergreens, particularly large ones, are 

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