CHAPTER IV 



Trees and Shrubs 



Same place as the 



one shown below, 



but with the shrubs 



removed 



TREES 



THERE is nothing more exalting than a great tree, and as Prof. 

 Bristow Adams suggests: "The wonderful thing about the tree is 

 that it keeps growing year after year and thus takes its place 

 as the oldest living thing." As such we should 

 revere it as a choice heritage, or if we find no 

 trees growing on our land we should plant them 

 for our posterity. A story indelible in the mind 

 of the writer is that ,of a man called "Johnny 

 Appleseed," who was very fond of Apples, and 

 eating them as he walked he sowed the seed by 

 the wayside. Years later people gathered the 

 fruit of his pleasant labor. His life stands a great 

 lesson in this day of needed reforesting of our devastated and ill-cared- 

 for woodlands. Some of us can never plant a forest, but we can start 

 the growth of several trees that may become perfect specimens. 



Not only should we plant trees, but we should care for them 

 properly, prune and spray them intelligently. Because we may be 

 neglectful one year, an Elm which has grown for a hundred years may 

 be destroyed by the Elm beetle. We owe it to the community to try 

 to save it. Do not allow the removal of trees by telephone com- 

 panies or when excavating, without careful thought. 



TREES FOR SHADE AND SHELTER UPON THE LAWN. The trees 

 each of us would choose for our lawn decoration would most probably 

 be those for which we have a personal liking. From childhood, we 

 reverence a certain type of tree either because of fruits it bears, or its 

 shape or its Fall colors. Nothing compares with the American Elm for 

 restful beauty ; especially so are the forms which 

 are vase shaped and with foliage to the soil. The 

 Tulip tree holds a strong appeal; the foliage is 

 glossy, and the tight bark of the older trees is 

 beautiful. What is more effective than a huge 

 Red or Black Oak with its strong and often 

 crooked branches? Such a tree is in mind 

 which takes up as much room as the little 



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Shrubs dotted on a 



lawn, leaving no 



sweep of view 



