Every Tree For Its Use 



TREES FOR THE COUNTRY HOME 



W. H. LARRIMER 



FOR TREES, as with people, an 

 ideal place to grow up is in the 

 country. There they find conditions of 

 the soil, moisture, air, and sunshine that 

 make for their best development. 



Many farms lack the beauty as well 

 as the practical advantages that result 

 from the carefully planned selection 

 and arrangement of trees around the 

 farmstead. Too many have the wrong 

 kind of trees; too many have trees that 

 are misshapen and neglected ; too many 

 have trees that are located by chance 

 where the seed happened to fall; too 

 many, alas, have no trees at all. 



An important feature in the general 

 plan for the development of the farm- 



Above: The Wethersfield Elm in Connec- 

 ticut, which was 201 years old in 1949, but 

 doomed by the Dutch elm disease. 



stead is the intelligent and artistic use 

 of trees and shrubs. The time, effort, 

 and reasonable expense involved in 

 carrying out such a plan is well repaid 

 in the resulting years of contentment 

 and pleasure, as well as the practical 

 and monetary value they add to a farm. 

 Although by proper selection and skill 

 in arrangement trees can be made to 

 fit into almost any requirement of a 

 good farmstead plan, their full con- 

 sideration should be included from the 

 very beginning as an integral part of 

 any such plan. Full advantage should 

 be taken also of the opportunity to 

 utilize adequate space available on the 

 farm, as contrasted with the usually 

 closely grouped plantings around the 

 city or suburban homes. 



Careful planning pays big dividends 



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