l8 F.VERGREENS. 



plains. How much they would add to the beauty ot the land- 

 scape! The reflection of the heat would be light compared with 

 that which fairly burns from the bare earth where the fierce 

 hot winds are generated. All these things, with the intrinsic 

 value, give strong incentives for planting on a large scale. 



Value of Individual Trees. — For instance, the Picea Pungens, 

 with its peculiar and lustrous bloom, is like a. rare fiower In 

 Itself. 



I have known $100. to be refused for a single tree. Look at 

 It. In shape, a glistening pyramid of mingled blue and silver, 

 the Joy of the beholder, the delight of the owner. I have seen 

 single specimens of the northern White Spruce which would add 

 $100 value to a front yard. Often you see the silver type, and 

 with its perfect proportions this makes it an ideal tree. I have 

 seen the stately Concolor so beautiful in foliage and imposing in 

 form that money could not buy it. Often the Austrian Pine, 

 where it has a chance to put out its branches, will present a 

 fine spectacle. The Silver Cedar with its trim form, cone-like 

 in shape, as if run in a mould, scintillating with those (rostings 

 of silver, wins your admiration, and if growing in your own 

 yard would be above price. And where it will thrive the White 

 Pine is a great favorite, healthy in growth, shapely in form, 'and 

 its colors pleasing to the eye. 



Incidental Values..— There are many things you cannot put 

 into dollars and cents. A tree is worth more than its cash value 

 in cordwood and boards, just as a fine, thorough-bred Jersey 

 is worth more than the price of beef. If you have a forest 

 of evergreens on the north side of your house you can put no 

 estimate on its worth as a retreat from the burning sun in sum- 

 mer, or a defense it gives you from the fierce attacks of old 

 Boreas. 



Tile Evergreen Barn. — In many places in the West the air is 

 so dry in the winter that if cattle can be sheltered from! the 

 winds they will do -well without a roof over them. In fact, 

 there are thoii.=j&nds of feeders who give their stock no shelter 

 whatevei". save a barbed wire fence. The growing scarcity of 

 lumber makes the building of a large barn very expensive. 



I hereby i res-ent a feasible plan for the shelter of 5tock cat- 

 tle. Lay out one-lourtb, or an acre, as the case demands. Have 

 tt well cultivated. Plant around it two rows of Cedar Austrian, 

 or Pondorosa Pines. Have your rows eight feet apart and plant 

 eight feet apart in the row. Plant so as to break joints. In 

 about five ytnrs you have a snug enclosure, and your barn is 

 getting bettor every year. As your trees grow lar.^er, trim off 

 the limbs on ihe inside. By the way, a word about trimming 

 evergreens. Never cut the limbs close to the tree. It will bleed 

 pitch and turpentine so as to enfeeble it. Cut off leaving a stub 

 six to eight inches long. Let this die and become dry, then saw 

 off close to the Hev. In only la, few years you will hav.i aulte 



