Evergreens For Protection

Site Iptítigmi jrgu& Many land-owners, who have a more diMinct apptceiatioo of dollars and cents thau oi' tbo beauties of nature, cancot eee the propriety of occupying ground and labor in setting out ornamental trees. T nuch, as idl :is to all others, we wish lo urgo the mportflouo of plantiDC evergreen trees as :i shelter against tbü cold winds of winter. We once know a country resident who flar.kcd his house ou tho idos oí" prevailing winds with groups and maasea of evergreens from tho neighboring loresta and bordsrs of swamps, aod drow upon himsult pretty irecly llie jeers of his oeigbbors, for setting out trees that " bore not hing to ent," and were " only good to look at." Ia tho coiirse of years, however, when these (rees had attained a beight of some twenty feet, aud had afforded imple shelter from the winds that swept across thé blcak hill oceupied by his dwelling, the !K'i;;hbors discovereel tbnt the place had become decidedly more comfortablu in cold weather - also that many dollars in tirewood were ttncually savod by tho boautifnl and efficiënt protectiou afforded. Thev began to seenew cbarms in ornamental trees, and wort; disposed to adopt what they bad once ridieuled. Those who havo cattle and sheep yards exposed to the sweep of koon prevailing blasts, could they seo the comfort which a screen of evergreens would iinpart, would be ready to plant them on the fir8t apportuuity. They aro tho cheapest as well as one of tho most permaBent and durable kinds of shelter that can be provided. Seroens placed along straight boundaries niay be in right lines like hedges. liut shelter iu immediate proxirnity to a dwelling appears botter if in scattcred trees, groups, an-d irregular belts. The straight screons may be made by setting the treea three or four foet apart, or at a greater distance - say eight or te i feet. Iu the íormer caso the screen wlll stvonest become a doose barricr against the winds, bnt will not be ."o t:iil and stout ultimately. One of the beft trees i'or this purposo is the Norw.iy spnice - which, f phiuted three foet apan, wiil form a good and close shelter in üve or six years, :f woll cultivated, eight or ten feet high, while the top of iho trees will extend sonio feet higher. If not cultivated, hut allowed to grow up with grass or in hard ground, ten or tvvelve years wll be required to attaiu tho sarne dimensious. It the trees are placed six feet apart ihey wiil in tune rnako an excellent screen, and cost less at the start. Many erroneously supposo that if ' they set out large trees they will obtain a given height the soonest - a very mistaken opinión - tor large trees receive the greatost check by removal, and they induce tïio planter to believe that ho need not give good cullivation to his plantation. Smaller trees weü cuhivated will soon outatrip them, and present at the same timo a handsomo and more thnfty appearanco. A height of 1wo or three feet will, iu most instances, prove most profil able. At the present time - iu the depth of winter - evergreens may of'ten be removed fr.Jin the borders of wooda and swaropa if' the earth is but alightly rozen. The protection whieh' the trees as well as the coating of fallen leavos aff'ord, often nearly [irevent the inould which covers the kou froia f reezing, espeoially if eno has lallen uefore inter;sely cold weatlier si:t in; in Bueh lociiititis, select sniail trees, ouly a fw fuet high; cut a circle with the spade about the rO'ts, so as Ur lift up u eako or bail of soil ; place the trees in their natural position on a sled, and draw them to the place where ihey are to be plantad. As a general rule, tho cake of soil sbuuiü be ho large as to rmlil i)m trt:o upri'ht witboat upsettiog wborever they are placed JNo evergreeu, hoUL'ver di.iicult the kind may be M trafinplant suücc-sstully, will fail if Mus U)uurjt ot earth isoarriud with its root. 'rees troin the nureery row oaonot be rBinóvey in winter without trroni fabor, at the same time chut the work may ho more rsadily dono in the spring, as they requirt) t'ie reinoval ot iess eartli on the roots - ttiey scarcely ever fail if tho roots are mimediately immersed in mud as bood as they are taken up, and bofo re the uioifturo n the surh'oo of the roots ha bocome dry. Tho bent wild-growing trees for tona aro thosa which grow most rapidly - provided they answer well in othor respect. The white (r VVrevuiouth) pino is u tuut grower, and is woll suiied for sdiiill gruups and irregular aereen 8, when several kinds are inteiuiixed. Nothiug makosa more beautiful straight sereen lh;iu Iho heuilock - either with or without cutting or shearing ; it grows well in tho shade, aiid, as ;i cousequence, fcrie interior "f the hedge or tree is tul l L of dense foliage iiutoad ol beiiig hollow and baro witliin, as "ecurs with the arbor vitse and ome others. Tho white cedar of Western Ne# York (American arbor vita;) grows with oousidorablo rapidity, and makea a fine tscreen but its Biirlaco should uo! be 'ilosely and evenly sheared, as this tendn u uiako the interinr hollow, but shouid bo merely cut back ii rotruliiii y with the kuife. Bnt, ürot and lasi, it musí not be forgotten that mellow cultivation not only doubloH, at least, the speed of growth, but makes iiuer aud moro Luxuriaut looking trees