Show N da D Y i a I 1 L v 1 ya y A 0 0 o I 1 0 t g t V fr r LO f E I 1 I 1 PS I 1 X EFFECT OF WIND ON TREES th alic rIfi I 1 ilal Il cl if f C calil wind up lp tree iralli I 1 it trees which grow in exposed gitil eions bious have thir their tops always ica ii away in the opp oito ito direction front from I 1 pre prevailing it g winds anil and the ilia casual caqui 1 I server concludes that the branches III li N been bent by the tha constant pressure 4 the N vind and retained their posidio po sitio now although such trees have the al a pe bearance arance exactly of trees bonding bending wn niji a gale still it ib is not pressure drehs iro tit in that wo wi which lias has given them their shape TIT fact is they have grown away from tin tilt blast and not been bent by it after th ga diew ew examination of the bran branches clies and twigs will show this wo we hardly realize the repressive effects of cold win wind 1 upon tree growth which it partially or alt kalher ther alresta ai al rests according to its preva lance conifers show tire effects of this more distinctly than other trees owing to the horizontal hibit habit of growth of tit bran brandies lies they point directly direct in ill the teeth of the gilo froin whatever direction it comes and cannot cin not lilo tho oll leau lean over and grow lit in the opposite direction linee li ln nee nce coni coniferous feroni trees growing in exposed situations produce good long brandies branches o on oi i their it lee e side while on oil tire lie windy side the branches letain their rigid horizontal position but analco comparatively ively little growth which is simply ply suppressed one instance in tion of the foregoing fore foregoing goin g was u I 1 nord Nordi in an I 1 is spruce growing in a i poi position tion fully frilly exposed to the and south one branch on the north side of the tree dilill fifteen annual nodes or r growths and was seven beven feet long ion and its opposite had the alie number of nodes being of the same saine age 1 11 but was nearly ai f feet beet longer or 0 1 f feat bat ami I 1 ill all the lateral bran brandies clies were proportionally loll 1011 long and till well f finnish tit nis lied pd if sue sueha such ha i difference as that lecon leil above is found between I 1 alio llio ile branc branches liLs of a 1 single singletree tree bt anding alone in tile open of how more importance is shelter to all kinds of tender trees tree and shrubs when llant danage e is done to trees by frost it is done suddenly and we ee the effects and aie to struck by them but bilt except in in tile caso case of subjects 1 killed outfight outi ight lit or greatly dairl dai caged aged it is probable that that injury to trees from frost is almost nil compared comp ired to that worked by cold winds these considerations should influence every one who contemplates pla planting whether it be woods or single trees but in ill either case it cannot be doubted thit that the more inore dense and loftier the iu closure whether by means of belts or trees or hedges that protects plantations plantation of of any kind from aroln coll cold winds and tile lit r the subjects used for cold positions tile better |