HARRISON’S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 
Now, the ordinary person isn’t interested in a 
row of trees a mile long for his own place, nor does 
he care to wait forty years for the benefits to 
begin, and then have to “kill the goose to get the 
golden egg.” But these figures show the possi¬ 
bilities of real money-profit from planting shade 
trees. They establish the fact that money put in 
trees, planting and a little care, is money very 
wisely invested. Indeed, money could earn no 
higher interest in any good bond or stock that your 
bank could buy for you. 
THE REAL, THE BIG BENEFITS 
But shade trees and hedges do not stand for 
forty years before they give any return. Where 
do you, friend, draw the line between things that 
are useful and things that are ornamental? When 
you set a certain value on a pair of shoes, a horse, 
or a piece of real estate, what part of that value 
do you credit to sentimental considerations, and 
what part to practical reasons? 
The usual man or woman will own to very little 
interest in “the distant hills and the crimson sun¬ 
set.” On a matter-of-fact farm there is no money 
to waste for frills. In an ordinary town-home the 
getting of necessities has blunted the desire for 
much decorative material. Many think themselves 
well off when they have a few clothes, some po¬ 
tatoes and a bunk. 
People who have “died at the top” refuse to 
recognize the practical value of things they class 
as frills, and they place shade trees and live fences 
at the head of this so-called “useless” list. They 
fail to see that when they do a good day’s work it 
is because they had a good sleep the night before, 
and are well satisfied with their situation, quite as 
much as because of their knowledge or strength. 
If they sell a property for an increased value, 
they do not take into account that the growing up 
of the trees had more to do with attracting the 
buyer than the rapid growth of the town or country. 
When boys elect to stay on the old farm, they do 
not realize that it is mainly because of the home¬ 
stead pride based on neat hedges and shaded yards. 
In fifty different ways, the “frills” actually produce 
more real, tangible benefit than tools that are used 
every day. 
The value received can not be measured or 
weighed, nor counted in dollars, but it’s there just 
the same. With plenty of the right kind of trees, 
and fences of living plants that are kept trimmed in 
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