SHADE TREES AND EVEHCKEENS 



or a hundred dollars when you sell \our house. We 

 never heard of a planting that did not result in 

 an increase, totaling away above the cost of plant- 

 ing and care. It is more than beauty you are after 

 when you plant. So far as cheapness and economy 

 go, it is cheaper to plant than not to plant. 



HELPS FOR THOSE \A/HO 

 PLANT 



When one has a place that needs trees and hedges, 

 and is convinced that he will get great benefits from 

 planting, there are a lot of questions to be answered : 

 ''W^hat shall I plant? Where shall I place the trees 

 and how arrange them? When and how^ shall I 

 plant them? What will they cost? Wl'.at will the 

 work cost? How soon may I expect them to make 

 a showing?" 



To answer the last question first, they should 

 begin making a showing the first season, certainly 

 the second, ivhen they are selected and planted 

 properly. That is the secret of producing fine 

 effects with good trees. What kinds to plant 

 depends on your own taste as much as on your 

 soil, climate, altitude and amount of care you will 



(Upper) Two-hundred-yard rows of Norway Maples at farm home 

 near Salisbury, Md. About sixty trees. We will furnish trees such as 

 these, 10 feet high, for $78, o^ 7 feet high for $19. These are worth $500 

 to this farm. Lowerj Planting at entrance — Evergreens, Barberry, 

 Privet, etc., worth $8. 



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