Show BE YOUR YOLU IIO MES what is a homo home without cices tices ti cos it a home merely a house trees arc as much a part or of the home as grand mb mothers rocking chair or the dining room table oi 01 sundays when the folks all come tu to dinner some flames are tor fort lunato to inherit tree or course aro are ilie finest of at all adf aut oven even UK brand newhouse so by tile me pla planting neing 01 ol a lew jew trees tree may be attractive and homey looking tile very first season and have real shade anti ana shelter within two or three beairs years use some discrimination in hi houi choice or of trees prepare the brouno thoroughly and plant them with care and your place will assume a clothed still and compi completed etea appearance very quickly there alemany are many varlet varieties les ot of shade trees which will grow rapidly ana add greatly to the appearance ot of the place the first year they are planted oze ons or ol the most popular and one of oc the most all round servi serviceable cable trees is the maple maple trees arl ail very easy to transplant are hard and sturdy in growth and often grow to be feet feel ill tail equally satisfactory and in some localities just as popular as the maple is the american lim elm elms are quick anick growing trees and remarkably graceful they are ornamental from the start as small sized trees and their charm and beauty increases with their growth it if one prefers originality in tile the planting of the grounds and finds the elm old od fashioned maple and elm elin trees too commonplace there are many unusual trees to select from the cooper beeer for with its deep purple leaves which in autumn turn to cri crimson nison Is a tree of rare beauty and also a tree that is tree free from insects and ani fungi the tulip tree is another ornamental i shade tree which adds a touch of originality to any grounds it acts in the double capacity of flower and tree as it bears profusely beautiful fili blossoms in the early summer and gives a pleasing shade in the summer it is remarkably tree from insect or disease pests the poplar tree should never be chosen where a good shade is de as it is too upright in growth the poplar trees are aso also rather unsatisfactory from the tact fact that they do not last tor for many years and are not valuable abIe as permanent trees they are however very effective in landscape work tile the mulberry la is not a v very cry tall tree but has thickly leaved spreading branches which make a delightfully light fully shady nook book in mid sum mer iner it Is also a bird bringer the mulberry should be planted much more generally than it Is if you wish a practical as well as an all ornamental shade tree you will do well to plant several apple trees tree jn in your grounds there is no pleasanter plea santer shade than the apple tree gives even at a comparatively ea earli a age e and you can an have in addition tile the luscious red apples in the fall for simple garce ful beauty there I 1 is s nothing lovelier than the cut cui leaved weeping birch ma maybe abe ll it can not be classed strictly speaking mincing among the shade trees but with its floating green leaves that ripple in the wind like drops from a fountain it if is most suggestive of coolness any of the birches are among the most charming ot of trees for single specimens for the lawn the camperdown Camper down weeping elm Is appropriately termed an arbor tree for its drooping foliage forma a charming little tent just right for a summer retreat this little elm hould be grafted at least six feet roul rom the ground up on the upright montana stock for this will bring the branches higher lii glier up from the ground round and will thus make it more convenient to sit beneath the trees mentioned above are but afew a few of the many available study the trees as you go about notice how the different kinds fit in whenever you see an especially attractive place make up a list for your own place even if you cannot set them all out at one time you can call within the course ot of a ow years have a very completely planted place F F r rockwell horticultural editor farm fireside |