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planting many acres, or many miles of trees along the roadside. These 

 rows would of course require to be thinned by removing the trees .and 

 replanting them from time to time, but this rather than being a draw- 

 back would be an advantage, as the oftener a tree is transplanted the 

 easier and better it grows, and the less danger there is of its dying. 

 The plot of seedlings should be so grown that a cultivator or gang 

 plow could be run between the rows, which should be from three to 

 four feet apart. The rows themselves should be carefully hand-weeded 

 until the trees cast so deep a shade that nothing would grow under 

 them. A nursery of this kind would have many advantages. The 

 town trees obtained from it would be pretty much of a uniform size. 

 They could be easily come at, and handy for planting. They could be 

 put in charge of some elderly residenter, who by selling them to indi- 

 viduals at 10 cents per tree for street planting, and 25 cents for other 

 purposes, (the purchaser to remove them,) they would be made to 

 defray all cost and yield a money revenue to the town, besides making 

 it an attractive place to reside in. 



The best varieties of deciduous trees for town decoration would be 

 the horse chestnut, hard and soft maples, black walnut, butternut and 

 the elm. The acev negundo, known as the box elder, Manitoba maple, 

 &c., are also very rapid growers, and make pretty ornamental trees. 



Some municipal regulations would be required so as to order the 

 planting. Certain streets should be set with certain varieties of trees 

 or combinations of them, such as two maples and an elm alternately, 

 but as a rule different trees for different streets are preferable. The 

 streets might be named after the variety of tree planted in them. The 

 municipality should also regulate the distance apart for planting, and 

 the distance to plant from the centre of the roadbed. Many Canadian 

 towns have the trees set at all distances apart and on any line the 

 resident may choose ; thus grown the tree line has the appearance of 

 an ill-set saw. Trees are always beautiful, but planted as indicated 

 they present a very bad effect. 



As the plan suggested for raising the trees in a nursery has not 

 been followed in many places, it is still not too late to commence, and 

 it should be borne in mind that all seeds must be sown in w^ell 

 pulverized, rich ground so soon as they ripen ; on no account should 

 they be allowed to dry ; it is absolutely necessary therefore that the 

 soil should be kept in a continual state of preparation. A hoeing crop 



