ORNAMENTAL 1)E1>AI!TJI ENT, 
THE VALUE OF ORNA31EXTAL TREES 
AND SHRUBBERY. 
In due season the young Pear or Apple tree yields its fruit, worth so many 
( o are am cents ; more quicki}' tlic liiispberry and Blackberry repay the planter 
or his outlay ; hut the ornamental tree and shrub— when do they return a prof- 
U , Just as riuickly, we reply, as the other elass of trees, but in a difterent way. 
U hen the bmall Fruits are ripening their first crops, the Flowering Shrubs arc 
lighUng up the yard or lawn with their fires of crimson, white and gold. When 
_ie I mt trees are laden with apple, peach, and pear, the graceful Deciduous 
rees, and the dark-hued Evergreens are making the home a picture that no 
artist can rival. 
The iiroceeds of the former may clothe and nourish the body, but the latter 
aw robe the barren earth in living g.irmcnts, and feed the soul with ea'cr 
c langing foim and color. The harvest of the one is soon gathered, but that of the 
ot ler IS ripening all the sea.son through. The noonday shade bars out the 
intiiess summer glare ; the evening shadows fall cool and soft over the green 
‘t" n , bright colors flame out among the shrubbery with varying tint from 
aa ee to aa eek, and he avho reaps this hara'cst, though he cannot a-alue it in dol- 
“ daily joy and savect refreshment that money cannot buj'. 
le finest mansion looks cheerless avithout its greenery. The meanest cot- 
tage is beautiful aa hen trees cast their shadoaa's over it, vines climb ujjon it, 
and shrubs nestle under its windows. AVe know of a little brick house, standing 
Close upon the walk in a narrow, dingy lane, with a bit of land on either side” 
n Itself, forlorn and dismal, it has been so transformed by its owner as to arrest 
le C3 e o e\ passer. He lias draped the rough walls with grape vines and 
oaa ering climbers ; he has planted all manner of shrubs and flowers in the little 
tan ; the kitchen garden is arranged in a neat and even artistic manner ; and 
by these simple means an uncouth corner has been made a little Eden. AVhen 
such a place is sold, do the trees and vines add nothing to it money value ? 
\\c are just beginning to appreciate the value and imiiortance 
of planting Omamental Trees, Slinibs and Plants, Evergreens and 
J ewduous Hedges, for our lawns and yards, and screens for the pro- 
tection of our orchards and gardens ; and yet we have scarcely begun 
to realize the commercial value of such an investment. We know a keen, 
sagacious business man in one of our large cities, who has 0]icrated for ycai-s 
past in the following manner : He buys a tract of land in the suburbs of the 
city, cuts it up into liberal sized building lots, drives liLs stakes for the house 
and immediately plants the ground with fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, and 
hedges. He then employs a good man to care for them, and docs not offer' the 
