take some time to become well established, and only 

 the rankest of them like the Kudzu vine will start with 

 a rampant growth at once. 



In planting trees and shrubs be careful not to crowd; 

 allow ample room for full development for the individual 

 shape of each for therein lies half the charm of the plant. 

 More harm has been done by planting too much than too 

 little. Many evergreens, for instance, like spruces and 

 firs, grow in width nearly as much as in height, and lose 

 their beauty when they lose their lower branches on 

 account of having been planted too close to a building, 

 walk, road, or to one another. Most of the plants 

 mentioned must of course be purchased in nurseries, but 

 even those who can not afford the expense of these 

 purchases need not despair. There is no section of the 

 State in which many kinds of trees and shrubs do not 

 abound in wood and meadow and may be had for the 

 digging, and while more care will need to be exercised in 

 the transplanting of such collected stock, that very fact 

 w ill make them more valuable to their owners. 



Just one more word to encourage the prospective 

 planter. Beauty is not a luxury but a positive asset. 

 A plot of ground is more valuable when adorned with 

 plants than it is without them, just as a house is more 

 valuable for a coat of paint, and in planting for ornament 

 the planter is not only gratifying his own sense of the 

 beautiful but creating something that will benefit the 

 country at large, and with a trifling expense tor upkeep 

 it will increase in beauty from year to year. 



Hermann W. Merkel 

 Zoological Park, New York City 



