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soil, so that ordinary field-crops would suffer. We cannot deny that this 

 would be true to some extent, but not so far as may appear at first glance ; 

 but, as the good far outweighs the evil, it should still be done. There are 

 other advantages besides shelter to gardens, and protection to buildings. 

 Every man so planting will add very much to the value of his place by the 

 additional beauty it receives from such groves and belts of trees. Ke is 

 also raising wood or timber that will some time be of great value when 

 wood and timber become scarce and dear. Horticultural and agricultural 

 societies should offer liberal premiums to those who set out or raise from 

 seed such groves or belts of trees, whether deciduous or evergreen. Every 

 sensible man in the country mourns over the sad havoc that has been made 

 by thoughtless men of past generations who have so ruthlessly destroyed 

 the forests. Millions of acres of the finest pine and other timber of the 

 primeval growth have been cut down and burned on the ground, and the 

 land left to run up to mullein-stalks or brush. Let every thinking, careful 

 man see what he can do to restore these forests, or at least to furnish proper 

 shelter to his own grounds, and, indirectly, the grounds of his neighbors. 

 Plant liberally, and take good care of the trees until they get well estab- 

 lished, and they will soon gladden the eye of the owner, and accomplish 

 the object for which they are designed. 



TREES IN STREETS. 



One evil arising from planting trees in the street is, that they are allowed 

 to grow so low, that they obstruct not only the highway, but the sidewalk. 

 How often we hear the complaint, that the elms or maples on a certain 

 street are so low as to interfere with the hats and umbrellas on the side- 

 walk, and very materially with carriage-tops, loads of hay, lumber, and 

 many other things on the roadway ! Now, trees planted on streets are not 

 only objects of beauty, but are useful ; and we would do all in our power 

 to encourage the planting of such : but we must bear in mind that they 

 will need to be looked after to see that they do not annoy the passers-by, 

 and become objectionable on that account. Let each one look after the 

 trees opposite his own grounds, and the work is done. 



