Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1917 — TREES NEED PLENTY OF ROOM [ARTICLE]

TREES NEED PLENTY OF ROOM

Should Be Planted Far Enough Apart For Them to Become Perfectly Developed Specimens. If you own your place the first thing you wish to do is to plant trees and shrubs, because these take years to mature, and naturally you do not want to lose a year. They are the only permanent elements in the garden and they cost more in the first place than seeds, bulbs or perennials. Therefore, here is your great chance to make a success or to spoil the effect of your place and waste a lot of money. Here are some good rules: Save money by planting your avenue trees far enough apart for them to become perfect specimens. Nearly everybody plants too close. Measure the spread of the best specimens in town of the species you want Try to get all the people in your block to plant the same kind of tree. Don’t plant silver maples, box elders or Carolina poplars. Their beauty is short lived. The elm is the quickest growing of the long-lived avenue trees. Save money by not planting a useless hedge across your front yard. A hedge is never cheaper than a fence, nor can you expect it to be as effective in keeping out animals. A tall, thorny hedge, like osage orange, is a bad thing for a suburban place.