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Show PLANTING TREES A correspondent nsks tills newspaper newspa-per to say something on tho quostlcn of planting trees. Probably four-tlfths of all tha trees set out nro started In tlu spring. Then tho droughts of summer como along. It novor occurs to any ono that a kindly pall of water onco In a whllo would mnko tho thirsty sapling sap-ling Tool hotter. Tho young trees die, nnd people concludo that It Is all too much work. Country llfo in America, an autli' orlty ou rural matters, recently printed print-ed an article In which It spoko of tho excellent results that can be had by plantlag In October. It remarkod (hat pooplo postpono planting til spring, then when spring comes, they nro so busy 'starting1 tltolr crops and garden work, that tho trcos go ovor until another year. Trocs aro tho llrst and principal sotirco of out door beauty. Tho meanest mean-est llttlo shack on a sldo strcot gains somo dignity, It It Is 'well bovrercd with trocs. Tho finest mansion your most nrtlstio architect can put up I looks coarso, bold, and starlnyr. It without a background of troos. j Farmors reatlzo too llttlo how a good treo growth would bonutlfy tlioir land and add to its selling vol uo. In a pcnnywlsn fashion thoy bogrudgo tho few yards of earth that would be shaded by the follagn. Even looking at the thing froth a money point of view, they fall to realize real-ize how much handsome trees add to tha selling value of an estate. There Is a constant and growing stream of pooplo coming out from tho cities to buy country places. Those people consider not merely tho productiveness productive-ness of tho soil, but Its physical attractions. at-tractions. Handsome follace trees count as much as tho best otiulppcd barn. What a dry nud dusty thing 1 country coun-try road is without any shade! Trtss ciui bo profitably set out along tho high ways much more than people realize Thoro nro hardy varieties that will llvo In almost any aoll without with-out attention. Where a public road can thus bo sheltered, It elves a serine, of human companionship and comfort to tho 'most lonely neighborhood. |