HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MP. 



Now, the ordinary person isn't interested in a 

 row of trees a mile long for his own place, nor does 

 he care to wait forty years for the benefits to 

 begin, and then have to "kill the goose to get the 

 golden egg." But these figures show the possi- 

 bilities of real money-profit from planting shade 

 trees. They establish the fact that money put in 

 trees, planting and a little care, is money very 

 wisely invested. Indeed, money could earn no 

 higher interest in any good bond or stock that your 

 bank could buy for you. 



THE REAL, THE BIG BENEFITS 



But shade trees and hedges do not stand for 

 forty years before they give any return. Where 

 do you, friend, draw the line between things that 

 are useful and things that are ornamental? When 

 you set a certain value on a pair of shoes, a horse, 

 or a piece of real estate, what part of that value 

 do you credit to sentimental considerations, and 

 what part to practical reasons? 



The usual man or woman will own to very little 

 interest in "the distant hills and the crimson sun- 

 set." On a matter-of-fact farm there is no money 

 to waste for frills. In an ordinary town-home the 

 getting of necessities has blunted the desire for 

 much decorative material. Many think themselves 

 well off when they have a few clothes, some po- 

 tatoes and a bunk. 



People who have "died at the top" refuse to 

 recognize the practical value of things they class 

 as frills, and they place shade trees and live fences 

 at the head of this so-called "useless" list. They 

 fail to see that when they do a good day's work it 

 is because they had a good sleep the night before, 

 and are well satisfied with their situation, quite as 

 much as because of their knowledge or strength. 



If they sell a property for an increased value, 

 they do not take into account that the growing up 

 of the trees had more to do with attracting the 

 buyer than the rapid growth of the town or country. 

 When boys elect to stay on the old farm, they do 

 not realize that it is mainly because of the home- 

 stead pride based on neat hedges and shaded yards. 

 In fifty different ways, the "frills" actually produce 

 more real, tangible benefit than tools that are used 

 every day. 



The value received can not be measured or 

 weighed, nor counted in dollars, but it's there just 

 the same. With plenty of the right kind of trees, 

 and fences of living plants that are kept trimmed in 



