. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. i75. TOO THICK. ||E shall never again probably have too many trees in our country. There are too few now. Very many country homes are un- sheltered, unshaded and unadorned by the beauties of nature. In some of the older districts, however, trees have been planted thickly in spots and allowed to grow up, crowding each other out of shape, so that we rarely see fine specimens of any kind of ornamental tree. I, as well as many others, have long ad- vocated planting trees thickly, to be thin
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. i75. TOO THICK. ||E shall never again probably have too many trees in our country. There are too few now. Very many country homes are un- sheltered, unshaded and unadorned by the beauties of nature. In some of the older districts, however, trees have been planted thickly in spots and allowed to grow up, crowding each other out of shape, so that we rarely see fine specimens of any kind of ornamental tree. I, as well as many others, have long ad- vocated planting trees thickly, to be thinned out as growth necessitates; but proper thinning has been so much neglected, I am led to believe such advice should not have been so general. Not far from where I am writing, a large stone dwelling house is surrounded by a wide belt of trees consisting of almost every known kind, and which, I am sure the planter intended to have thinned in course of time ; but they have been allowed to grow into a thicket of unsightly shrubs, without one well-formed tree among them. To the present proprietor, who is a widow, I some years ago suggested thinning, but was somewhat taken back, when told she wished they were thicker, which verified the old adage, " proffered advice is seldom thank- fully ; The love of trees is an admirable sentiment, but for the judicious arrangement of trees, it needs to be accompanied with common sense. I could point to a number of instances of plantations ruined for want of thinning. The number, distribution and care of trees and shrubs about a rural residence form an unerring indication of the taste of the owners or inhabitants. The wonderful diversity in the form and habit of trees affords wide scope for delightful study. Still, year after year, thousands of trees are being planted which will never reach maturity, because they are not given room enough. In towns and villages the street trees are in many instances, crowding each other so th
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