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many points that tlie cases are rare where they really diverge. 

 Nothing, for example, can add so much to the beauty and 

 attractiveness of our country roads as long avenues of fine 

 trees. I saw this beautifully illustrated in France, last sum- 

 mer, where, for over a hundred miles on a stretch, the road 

 was lined with trees. In many ways the first Napoleon's inter- 

 est in arboriculture proved a benefaction to France. No time 

 should be lost in securing the same grand attraction to the 

 highways of Connecticut. Growing on land otherwise running 

 to waste, such trees would yield most satisfactory returns. 

 The shade and beauty would be grateful to every traveler, 

 but doubly so to the owner and the planter, as the happy 

 experience of many Connecticut farmers can testify. A 

 grand work in this direction is already well started. No 

 class can contribute so much to the adornment of our public 

 roads as the farmers. They have already in abundance the 

 very best trees for the roadside, such as the elm, maple, ash, 

 American linden (or bass), oak, and in some localities the 

 walnut. The hard maple will thrive in dry and gravelly soils, 

 while the elm and red maple are specially desirable for moist, 

 low ground. As the maples should be planted twenty-five 

 feet apart, and the elms from forty to fifty, poplars or willows 

 or trees growing rapidly from scions, may be placed between, 

 to be cut down when their statelier neighbors require the 

 room for their full development. 



Tree-planting is fitted to give a needful lesson of forethought 

 to the juvenile mind. Living only in the present and for the 

 present, too often youth will sow only where they can quickly 

 reap. A meager crop soon in hand, outweighs a golden 

 harvest long in maturing. Youth should learn to forecast 

 the future as the condition of wisdom. Arboriculture is a 

 discipline in foresight — it is always planting for the future, 

 and sometimes for the distant future. Says Washington Irv- 

 ing, " There is something nobly simple and pure in such a 

 taste for trees. It argues a sweet and generous nature to 

 have this strong friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of 

 the forest. There is a serene majesty in woodland scenery 

 that enters into the soul, dilates and elevates it, and fills it 



