Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1918 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE]

HOME TOWN HELPS

DUTY DEVOLVING UPON ALL Planting, Care and Protection of Trees Is* Prime Requisite of Good Citizenship.

Choice varieties of our native deciduous and evergreen trees have suffered greatly from depletion -due to the almost unchecked ravages of pestiferous, insects and destructive fungi, the noted scarcity of bird life in many sections plainly addtag to the complexity of the problem of protecting the trees, writes a correspondent of the Nbw York Sun. Trees such as the chestnut, the maple, hickory, oak, pine, hemlock, etc., are beautifully 'characteristic of the wonderful resources of our deciduous and evergreen varieties, and these should be planted freely wherever opportunityoffers. The'American chestnut should not be permitted to disappear from the list I had intended to say more about street tree planting in the several boroughs of our city, where in many sections trees may be used with a great advantage to property and for the adornment of a neighborhood. For a comparatively small expenditure a good tree is a paying investment. The period of defoliation in the deciduous tree is at hand, and indicates the season of safety in transplanting, and this work can now shortly be undertaken, lasting till early frost All'interested in this inviting enterprise should take occasion to plant a tree as a civic duty.