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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
the picture, the view would hardly be one worth the at¬ 
tention of the photographer from an artistie point of 
view, especially in the winter months. 
It is unforlunate the White Pine, that used to form 
such a large proportion of the trees of American forests, 
is losing its resistant powers since the settling up of the 
countiy. In many localities where it once was a common 
forest tree it is now somewhat difficult to grow on ac¬ 
count of disease. 
However, it can hardly he dispensed with as an orna¬ 
mental plant, as there is no pine that will take its place, 
so even if it does require a little special attention in the 
way of spraying, it is well worth while. 
The evergreen in the foreground of the picture is the 
Euonymns radicans. This plant is generally classed as 
a vine, but give it a post or something to support it out in 
the open it develops a very bush like form. 
MEMORIAL TREES 
The Garden Nurseries, 
Narberth, Penna. 
In order to foster a love for shade trees it behooves the 
nurserymen of the country to take a leading interest in 
the planting of shade trees to commemorate the Great 
War; we owe this to posterity, to the men engaged in the 
bloody conflict, to the present generation and to ourselves. 
Several communities have made an effort along this 
line, Morrisville, Pa., a town in North Jersey, and Nar- 
herth. Pa., were the first in the field. In Narberth a tree 
is to he planted for every enlisted man in any and all the 
branches of the service. A start was made for Narberth 
in October when trees were planted for each branch of 
the service: Army, Navy and Marines; also two trees 
were planted for two who had made the supreme sacrifice 
these latter two were dedicated with the ceremony used 
by the A. Ex. Forces when placing the body to rest in 
the soil of France. A salute of musketry, taps and prayer. 
A throng of people were present and the movement 
launched an assured success. , 
A few days ago a letter arrived in Narberth from Pri¬ 
vate Alfred L. Cutts, Co. A., SlLth Inf., A. E. F., on ac¬ 
tive service in France. 
.Narberth must he getting to be quite a 
place when the London Newspapers mention it. Was 
looking a “Daily Mail” over the other day and up near 
the head of the paper was a piece about Narberth and 
Narbrook Park, it almost took my breath away. . . .It 
went on to say that Narberth had started planting trees 
for the men who had left town to defend their country in 
France and that three had been planted as a starter with 
a big celebration attended by hundreds of people, Nar- 
herth claiming to the third if not the first place to adopt 
this idea. Is a tree planted for me too, or is it only for 
those that are laid to rest here? .... 
You see that our defenders arc taking an interest in 
the matter and it is surely up to us to carry on planting 
our growing monuments for our boys, thereby possibly 
preventing the perpetration of those horrors in stone that 
can now be seen in every county seat in Pennsylvania, a 
stiff little wooden soldier on a pinnacle. 
I feel that this planting must he a great boon to the 
community, providing much needed shade and awaken¬ 
ing an interest in nature generally and trees in particular. 
Under the laws of Pennsylvania, Roroughs may ap¬ 
point a shade tree commission with power to plant trees 
along the public highways and streets. Narberth has 
such a committee now, just appointed; a local nursery¬ 
man being the chairman, why not set the wheels in mo¬ 
tion, get your burgess or mayor to introduce the motion 
to council or have one of your friends in Council do so, 
thereby doing something substantial for your community 
and a positive benefit to your fellow nurserymen. 
A. E. WOHLERT. 
CHRISTMAS GREENS 
Suggestions that tend to curtail the customs or joys of 
Christmas are not likely to be well received but all those 
interested in our native flora cannot help hut look with 
regret on the increasing use of holly and mountain laurel 
for decorative purposes at Christmas time. 
If these plants were of the fast growing type so that 
the recovery of the native growth somewhere near kept 
pace with their destruction there would not he much 
cause for alarm. 
Roth the holly and mountain laurel are very localized 
in their habitat and every year sees them rapidly dim¬ 
inishing from localities that are easily accessible. 
There are so few evergreen native shrubs that they 
cannot he destroyed without sacrificing much native 
beauty that cannot be replaced. 
It always has been a common fault in America to he 
lavish with our natural resources, regardless of the fu¬ 
ture. 
If the powers that he only had foresight enough to 
preserve more of these natural beauties from destruc¬ 
tion even for so worthy a cause as Christmas decoration, 
the worthy cause would not suffer, for substitutes would 
soon be found. 
Nurserymen could grow evergreens for the purpose 
such as Arbor Vitae, Rox, Euonymus, etc. 
Then there is the pine and juniper that make very at¬ 
tractive decorations and are not likely to be exterminated 
however much they may be used as their growth is so 
rapid. 
Stop the foragers that destroy property, that is a com¬ 
mon heritage of the people, for a few dollars and the evil 
would be corrected and Christmas green market would 
soon adjust itself to interior decorations that were not 
procured at such a sacrifice of beauty to the outdoors. 
