110 Cultivation of Shade Trees. 
approve, and yet how few direct to similar labors. So, too, with 
the extended avenue by the wayside, or the village promenade, or 
city park. All these have their hosts of admirers, as being among 
the things that are beautiful and pleasant, and so they become 
public property, spreading daily and hourly feasts of comfort and 
pleasure in the hearts and minds of thousands. 
Then why not increase these subjects of admiration; these 
things so beautiful and pleasant, until every dwelling, however 
humble, shall sit embowered in its own quiet shades, and every 
public square become a park, and all our roads avenues of un- 
broken extent? The work is easy to perform, and when well 
done once, is done for centuries. Let the people engage in it as 
they will in the matters of an election, which must soon be re- 
enacted, and in two years the work would be accomplished in the 
length and breadth of the land. Less than this. Let each city 
and town, cause a tree to be put out for each of its inhabitants, in 
the park or by the sidewalk, and what a change would soon be seen 
in the beauty and probably the health of that town or city. And 
what would the expense be of such a proceeding? Trifling, in- 
deed, compared with the support of theatres and circuses with 
which most cities abound. In which expenditure the greater 
benefits would result, we leave it for the citizens themselves to de- 
termine. Let towns (as some have already done) form ornamen- 
tal tree associations, and by their united action accomplish a 
mighty labor worthy of a noble and high minded age. 
Farmers, you can do much without loss of time in other em- 
ployments towards beautifying your homes, and adorning your 
waysides, by planting out and cultivating shade trees. We speak 
from experience in this matter, and turn our eyes from many a 
beautiful tree of our own planting, when we appeal to you to 
become co-workers in fitting up the drapery of earth, and render- 
ing it more beautiful to look upon, and richer to enjoy. You 
have every facility for carrying out the noble plan of " tree cul- 
ture," for " the trees of the wood " are yours, and the land, for the 
most part your own. Go forward, then, in this admirable enter- 
prise. It will make but small demands upon your time, and can 
