. Catalogue for 1895. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 20 Lewis Roesch, Few people are aware of the commercial value of ornamental trees, vines and shrubs judici- ously planted around our homes. Really there is nothing else which, for the amount invested, will produce such grand and valuable results. But because the effect is not immediate many hesitate, delay and even neglect planting, when it would
. Catalogue for 1895. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 20 Lewis Roesch, Few people are aware of the commercial value of ornamental trees, vines and shrubs judici- ously planted around our homes. Really there is nothing else which, for the amount invested, will produce such grand and valuable results. But because the effect is not immediate many hesitate, delay and even neglect planting, when it would be wisdom to attend to it the first thing. Plant shade trees along the highway, Maples, Linden, Elm, Horse Chestnut, Catalpa and Mount- ain Ash are all suitable. In the country, Winter Apples or Cherry trees will also do splendidiy. If your buildings are exposed to high winds plant a row or two of Norway Spruce or Austrian Pine on the windward side of them, far enough off to have a roomy yard. It will save you much fuel in win- ter, to say nothing of the comfort to yourself and domestic animals. Don't make a checker board of your yard or lawn by planting trees and shrubs in regular rows. Mass them in groups or clumps around the edges in such a way as to show them off to best advantage. A Cut Leaf Weeping Birch i3 always graceful and conspicuous, but especially so against a background of Evergreens or a dark colored building. So are bright flowering shrubs and border plants. Plant shrubs that bloom at different seasons, so as to always have some in flower. A group consisting of shrubs of contrasting colors blooming at the same time and trimmed into a dense clump of oval form cannot fail to please the eyes of every beholder. One of the most graceful and effective clumps I ever saw consisted simply of a few smoke trees allowed to branch from the ground up and trimmed so as to form one mass 16 feet in diameter, standing in full bloom in the middle of a smoothly shaven lawn. Even so
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