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The writer has bought a number of hundred trees in 

 this way which have arrived in good order, and a very 

 small proportion have died. They were purchased of 

 Robert Douglas & Sons, Waukegan, Illinois ; they were 

 about eight inches tall, came in a slightly moist condi- 

 tion, and were wrapped first in oiled paper and then in 

 brown wrapping paper. Trees have been sent in this con- 

 dition from Waukegan to Australia, and grown well when 

 planted in Australian soil. 



Farmers' Clubs, and especially Village Improvement 

 Societies, that desire to develop an interest in general tree 

 planting, should adopt some such plan as the foregoing. 

 Eventually we should see in our villages samples of trees 

 growing about our homesteads which might be novel in 

 the locality, and beautiful in form, foliage or coloring. 



Quite a variety of trees can be thus secured, and they 

 are mostly the more desirable trees for general planting ; 

 but a few trees that can be well introduced to produce 

 pleasing effect in ornamental planting are also thus sent 

 by mail. White ash, White and Red pine, Hemlock and 

 Norway spruce and Catalpa are among those that the writer 

 has thus bought. 



Trees should not be planted thickly around buildings, 

 to shut out the rays of the sun, which are necessary for 

 a healthful condition of atmosphere in our homes, in sum- 

 mer as well as in winter. Too many trees are as injuri- 

 ous as too many closed blinds to our health ; and we all 

 know full well what the unpleasant chill of an unused 

 chamber, or spare parlor is, which is kept too long shut 

 up or unused. 



There are villages and towns in Massachusetts which 

 are famed for their many beautiful trees, but which are 

 being threatened with suspicion of malaria from the too 

 dense foliage that covers their roadsides and home grounds. 



