Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1894 — Trees Close to Buildings. [ARTICLE]

Trees Close to Buildings.

While it is very desirable to have both fruit and ornamental tree 3 about the house and farm buildings, yet therr too close proximity is positively detrimental, as with trees that extend their branches against a building or overhang the roof. In the latter case, if of shingles, the shade from Ignvefr and branches prevents ffipia evtfporanoT), the portion tlius affected will need replacing years before the remainder. Not only this, but the leaves and litter stop up the gutters, rendering the cistern water filthy. Thick foliage also renders the rooms under its influence dark and damp. Of course no one plants trees with tlie above detrimental objects in view, yet it is always best to look a generation or more ahead in setting trees in any locality, and imagine how a well-developed specimen of tho same species would look in both height and expanse, for if the little slip now being planted should live, it may develop wonderfully. Neaer set trees about a builaing expecting to remove a certain number of them in ten or fifteen years, for you will not do so, or will remove them very reluctantly. You may crowd some trees on the lawn, but give the buildings a wide space for air and sunlight.—[American Agriculturist.