TREE PLANTING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 26, Issue 1338, 15 August 1895, Page 2

TREE PLANTING.

We believe thatih •.Manic'toto County Council may this eason be induced to supply trees from their nursery f roe of charge toanyonc.who will give a reasonable guarantee that they will Ik: carefully planted and cared for. W'c take it this means that the area to be planted should be prepared for the trees and netted—a consideration, whirh is perfectly reasonable. The council arc, we think, here taking a wise

step, and we shall be greatly disappointed if dozens of applications for orders for trees do not corre to them. The council, of course, cannot arrange for the carriage of trees; that is a matter for the receiver.

"We hope the farmers will not confine their attention exclusively to such trees as the poplar, willow, pinus ins-ignis. macrocarpa, and rowan, which, while good shelter trees and easily grown, are almost worthless as timber trees Far more valuable in our judgment are such trees -\s the oak, elm, ash, beech, and birch,. which gro«r. .well wheai there is a moderate decree of moisture, ana more quickly than at Home. " The farmer who succeeds in making a plantation will not only earn the gratitude-of his children, beautify the country and bis own. farm but will, we are confident, add Tery materially to his own -wealth. For a farm with a good plantation will be worth hundreds of pounds more than one without. At Home on many estates timber furnishes the chief source of revenue. "We hope soon to hear, too. that every township and every school has added considerably to the area in trees. If in the case of schools a place be chosen where the children can in summer occasionally water the young trees, their chance of growing will be greatly increased. Tha Naseby children intend to continue planting the reserve beside the Hospital. What Bteps the town council intend to take for the celebration of Arbor Day we have not yet heard.