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Show Wlllnnr Unices. In surrounding a houso and farm buildings with troes and shrubbery, throo objects aro aimed at. First, ihtido In summer, and protection in winter; socond, ornament, and third, vnltto. Whon buildings stand forth in tho lummor sun nnd moot tho wintry blast unbroken, tho occupants suffer nnd pny tho penalty, and whon such 11 naked placo Is sold, its trooloss condl-Jon condl-Jon is a groat faator In tho eala. What costs so llttlo ns a treoor shrub, and how groat Is tho bonoflt thoy con-j con-j for. Tho willow hedgo may not bo nny I bettor than ot'noM whon it Is growti, I but willow cuttings or plnnta aro froo 1 ,0 tho world. Thoy grow In profusion In many places, ofton by tho roadside, and tho only cost is tho cutting or digging. dig-ging. Again, tho willow grows In nny soil whoro thoro Is suftlelent moisture, nd grows with astonlshtng rapidity. If tho plants bo dug up and a gobd part of tho root saved, tho plants may bo three, or four foot high, nnd thus Is a hedgo provided at ouco. In two or threo years it is a wind broak, nud in timo a rattle bruak if cared for, trimmed trim-med or turned bick und tnndo to on-twino on-twino within ilsolf. Tho willow hedgo is tho cheapest, of quickest growth nnd is oqunl to tiny hodco in other respoots. |