THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



forests, whicli are so essential for the proper 

 conservation of our water supplies. 



I often regret that I did not long ago, 

 during all the years spent in raising other 

 things, begin also to raise trees from seeds. 

 Sturdy groves of timber might now be 

 growing from seeds sown twenty-five years 

 ago. 



All those who own suburban or country 

 property should keep it well planted and pre- 

 served as a duty to future generations who 

 are to inherit the land. 



All young married people beginning life in 

 the country should start at once to raise trees 

 if their place is of any extent. By middle life, 

 when grandchildren come, the trees will not 

 only be splendid specimens, but will be monu- 

 ments to the ancestral forethought and love 

 of beauty ; and because they were planted by 

 some forbear will be regarded with increased 

 tenderness and devotion as long as their great 

 branches spread themselves in air. 



It is not generally understood that the coni- 

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