Drumm Seed and Floral Co. : Fall, 1894-5 drummseedfloralc1895drum Year: 1895 13 Drumm Seed and Floral Co. Ornamental Department. SHADE TREES. Anticipating the present great demand, for shade trees in Texas, we planted largely a few years ago, so that we can now furnish almost any quantity, from small seedlings to large three and four-year-old trees, 12 feet high and well branched; in other words, 'ready-made' shade. Parties, even in the West, need not despair of having handsome shade trees wherever they plant them. Umbrella Chinas, Syca- mores, mulberries, Elms and Catalpas will grow anywher
Drumm Seed and Floral Co. : Fall, 1894-5 drummseedfloralc1895drum Year: 1895 13 Drumm Seed and Floral Co. Ornamental Department. SHADE TREES. Anticipating the present great demand, for shade trees in Texas, we planted largely a few years ago, so that we can now furnish almost any quantity, from small seedlings to large three and four-year-old trees, 12 feet high and well branched; in other words, 'ready-made' shade. Parties, even in the West, need not despair of having handsome shade trees wherever they plant them. Umbrella Chinas, Syca- mores, mulberries, Elms and Catalpas will grow anywhere, while with a little care Maples, Box Elders, Ashes, etc., can be grown into as handsome trees as in any country. A people of intelligence like ours, who by industry and the rapid growth of the country are accumulating wealth, desire to use the good that a kind Providence has placed in their hands as a means to the refinement of themselves and their families. And, viewing it from our standpoint, there is no greater in- fluence in nature than that imparted in the cultivation of the beautiful in tree, shrub and flower. The hearts of the chil- dren are more closely bound to the sweet and pure ties of home if that home is surrounded by trees and shrubbery and well-kept flowerbeds. Contrast such a home with the one where the bare walls and barren yard invite the searching rays of the summer sun to scorch and almost blind, and the bleak winds of winter to shriek and howl about the house, with no friendly trees to raise their arms in mute protection! A tree of almost any kind is a beautiful object; an ample and well-developed tree, in a natural or cultivated state, in- variably excites our admiration; a group of trees is still more interesting. In planting ornamental trees there is opportunity for the display of much skill and taste; but without much experience or a cultivated taste in tree plant- ing, one can seldom go so far astray in the right performance of the work that nature
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