Trees for Shade, Shelter, and Ornament 



WILLIAM R. LAZENBY 



Trees are universally desired about the home. They have many 

 and varied uses. By their grateful shade they screen us from the too 

 fervid heat of the sun. They abate the winds and protect us from 

 the chilling blasts of winter. Their leaves prevent the spread of germ- 

 laden dust and help to purify the air in other ways. They encourage 

 the birds that charm us by their song and save our crops from many 

 an insect injury. They lend a grace and beauty to every homestead 

 and to every roadway that they border. In short, trees around and 

 about the home make for health, comfort, and happiness. 



Where shall we plant, what shall we select, and how shall we care 

 for these trees? 



Where to plant. Trees should be planted for shade wherever a 

 shield from the hot rays of the summer sun is desired. They should 

 be planted for shelter wherever we wish protection from the wind. 

 They should be planted for ornament wherever we desire to beautify 

 the home and adorn the landscape. 



Genuine happiness as well as comfort centers in the home. Trees 

 add to the attractiveness of the home. They should be planted around 

 the house, the barn, and other buildings. -They should find an appro- 

 priate place in permanent pastures. Nearly all public roads, private 

 drives, lanes, walks, and pathways should be bordered with suitable 

 trees. 



Along the banks of streams and open ditches, about the borders 

 of ponds and lakes, upon rough knolls and steep hillsides, trees may 

 be planted for ornament as well as use. We hear much of the beauty 

 of the scenery of our mother country, England. The commanding 

 feature of this scenery is trees. They are the glory of every English 

 landscape. There is scarcely a farm, scarcely a rural or suburban 

 home that is not beautified by them. Grand individual specimens, 

 picturesque groups, sometimes stately rows, and often pretty groves 

 are everywhere visible. These trees are found in cultivated fields and 

 pastures as well as on lawns and in parks and pleasure grounds. They 

 are not the long-trunked, shadeless specimens often seen in this country. 

 They are widespreading and hospitable. 



Some of these sturdy oaks, beeches, lindens, and plane trees must 

 have braved the winds and storms of several centuries. They seem 

 to be a permanent part of every outdoor scene, and without them the 

 sullen skies and level lines of much of England would be almost dreary. 



