TREE PLANTING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 26, Issue 1338, 16 August 1895, Page 2

TREE PLANTING.

Wk K»He.ve*htittb<- Mnniotnto County Oonnc' may this c*.<on oe nduced'o<upply treesfroim •heirnuratry free of charge toanyonc who will give a ro.-isonahlfi guarnntec that they will t>e carefully plftntcl »n<i cared for. Wo taki it this nifiins 'hat the area to be planted should he prepared for the trec« and netted—a con gidoration which isrcrffctlr wisunaMe. Theouueil lire, we think, here taking a wise

step.: n.l we shall be greatly disappointed if dozens <>f amplications f«r orders for trees do notcoire to them The council, of coarse, cannot arrange for the carriage of trees ; that is a. matter for *he receiver. "tt - iimjt- T- • i" r "rs will not confine their attention exclusively to snch trees hs the I'Oi.lar. wiliuw. pinus lnuignig. macrocarpa. and rowan, which, while -Rood shelter trees and easily grown, ar- almost worthless as limber trees Far more valuable in our judgment are such trees is the oak. elm. ash beech, and birch, which gro» well there is a modfrate desree of mob'ture, jfiL aiore quickly tbnn at Home. . The farmer who succeeds in, tnakineT* plantation will not only earn the gratitude of h>s child 1 en.heautify the couhtrstaad bia,awn farm bur will, we are confident, add Terr materially to his own wealth. For a farm with a tood plantation will be worth hundreds of pounds more than one without. At Home on many estates timber furnishes the chief source of revenue. "U'e hope soon to hear, too. that every township and every school has added considerably to the area in trees. If in the caw 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. The N&sehy children intent to continue planting the reserve beside ihe Hospital. What Bteps the town council intend to take for the celebration of Arbor Day we have not yet heardv-^.