230 Shrubbery and Trees 



in breeding mosquitoes and keeping the walls 

 damp. Nor should the trees be planted too 

 close together. A group of trees often is advisa- 

 ble but there should be plenty of room between 

 them, otherwise the roots will not be given their 

 chance and a great deal of nourishment will need 

 to be provided for them in order that they may 

 make the proper growth. 



A tree will always do best if planted in its natural 

 sphere. That is, trees shipped from the South 

 to the North will never thrive as well as a tree 

 taken from the Northern woods, if it even lives at 

 all. Many fruit trees are just as pretty as any 

 other flowering tree and serve the double purpose 

 of furnishing beauty and supplying the table with 

 fruit. 



Many of the States are working hard to en- 

 courage tree growing and they will furnish the 

 trees and a representative to direct the planting, 

 and when all this is offered it would seem a pity 

 not to take advantage of it and produce a splen- 

 did crop of trees for our old age and the coming 

 generation. 



