SHADE TREES AND E V E R G R E Ii N S 



girl told her mother, when asked what she did at 

 recess: "I watched the old man cut the hedge. I 

 like to do that better than play tag. We all help 

 him a good bit." The children that grow up there 

 will have that straight, neat, clean hedge as a part, 

 and a valuable part, of their education. 



EDUCATE THE PEOPLE OF YOUR 

 COMMUNITY 



Anyone who plants is preparing an object-lesson 

 for the neighborhood, whether the shade trees and 

 the hedge are at a private residence or on public 

 land. There is no surer or better way to make a 

 neighborhood attractive than to plant hedges and 

 trees. Do not wait for someone else to act, but do 

 your part now. Plant your own grounds, and do 

 some planting "on your own hook" in the school- 

 grounds, or in any other public land near. 



If you own a farm, by all means line the roadside 

 with trees. Norway Maples are fine for this, though 

 there are other good shade trees. Apple and Pear 

 trees also are hard to beat. Make it one of your 

 aims to educate the people of your neighborhood 

 to good planting, and to what constitutes a clean- 

 looking community. You can do this at very 

 little expense to yourself, and without any one's 



IJpper) A "yardful" of Evergreens and Maples, about twenty trees in 

 all, worth $20 in big planting sizes. Lower Home in Berlin rectory of 

 lower church, page 19 with fine hedge and Maples. Four trees and one 

 hvindred yards of hedge would cost only about $15. 



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