. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. : for the spring of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 22 DUNDEE NURSERIES. A costly house can never make up for lack of trees. One that is inexpenave but neat, with handsome garden surroundings, shows to far better advantage tiian a home costing double the money, but without the presence of lawn, trees and flowers. When one tries to sell he may find this out. Let us not forget also that our feJtachments to trees and plants become almost as strong as to persons. Were parents to provi
. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. : for the spring of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 22 DUNDEE NURSERIES. A costly house can never make up for lack of trees. One that is inexpenave but neat, with handsome garden surroundings, shows to far better advantage tiian a home costing double the money, but without the presence of lawn, trees and flowers. When one tries to sell he may find this out. Let us not forget also that our feJtachments to trees and plants become almost as strong as to persons. Were parents to provide trees, shrubs and flowers freely about the home, and encourage tneir children to love, study and care for them, they woiild be bestowing the Bfnirce of the highest, purest and most constant enjoyment, and in addition, the Cfcuse of health and ruggedness dtrived from being much in the open air. WHAT CONSTITUTES JUDICIOUS PLANTING, f, Good balance of the products of planting should be the aim. It is a mistake to set out a hundred or more apple trees of one or two varieties and call that planting a place. It is a mistake to overdo in any one direction of jiiinting and then to plant inadequately in other directions. There certainly should be (") an ample apple orchard, yielding by a good selec- tion of varieties, this "best fruit under the sun" for use every month of the year; there should be {b) a liberal space devoted to each of the other hardy fruits, such as pears, plums, peaches, grapes, cherries, quinces, apricots, and strawberries, raspberries, currants, and other small fruits, for yielding the greatest possible va- riety in this line besides apples. In addition to fruits io aljundance, let provision be made for (c) a complete vegetable garden, on which to depend for a wholesome variation in the food supply the }'ear round. Then let our natural appreciation of beauty and comfort be met by surrounding the home with {d) a handsome lawn adorned with {e) hardy
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