The Rescue of an Old Place 



They are so near the house that we use 

 the broad space around them as beds for 

 Geraniums and Heliotropes, which proba- 

 bly detracts a little from the growth of the 

 trees, but at the same time improves their 

 appearance and keeps the earth moist and 

 well stirred up about their roots. When 

 the season is dry they are very thoroughly 

 watered at least twice a week, by leaving 

 the water from the hose running on them 

 from its open mouth for an hour or two at 

 a time. 



In April we moved in the same manner 

 a Silver Maple, which has grown nine feet 

 and ten inches, and a stocky White Wil- 

 low, which has been put quite near the 

 house to give us immediate shade, of 

 which we are greatly in need, and which 

 is to be cut down as soon as the Maples 

 are big enough. This last tree, set in a 

 very dry place, has grown a dense head 

 nine feet six inches in height, so that it 

 is now a tree seventeen feet high. 



These are the best we have to show, ex- 

 cept a Catalpa, which has made a most 

 luxuriant growth, for our Ash-leaved Ma- 

 ple, which was also disposed to make a 

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