foubteen] cultivation 



"It was a thousand dollars in my pocket. The 

 animal, breaking loose in the night, would soon have 

 torn my hedges and undone thirty years of work, 

 care, and cost." The money value of the orna- 

 mental is not easily overestimated. My own 

 hedges, if extended in one line, would be a mile long. 

 With about four acres planted to trees and shrubs, 

 and five to berries, orchards and vineyards, I am 

 able to sell $1,000 to $1,200 worth of fruit, honey, 

 and vegetables annually. If the flowers went to 

 market the cash income would be considerably in- 

 creased. My drives are in length not less than half 

 a mile, yet they are positive economy. Ileaching 

 about the house, and around the barn, and into the 

 hearts of the gardens, they are too convenient at 

 every pomt to be spared. 



The street-side should be particularly devoted 

 to the beautiful. Here we may plant many of the 

 fruit trees for shade, or we may select such superb 

 blossoming trees as the catalpa or the linden. The 

 grouping of evergreens down a roadway is often 

 agreeable. In some New England towns, and a 

 few New York towns, I have seen the choicer 

 shrubs in full bloom within reach of the hands of 

 pedestrians, yet have been surprised that they were 



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