Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1919 — Home Town Helps [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Home Town Helps

PLANT ELMS AND LINDENS For the Parkway fhey Have Many Advantages Over Others That Might Be Selected. askT aidvice regarding the kind of trees to plant in the parkway in front of his home. “Several people advised elms,” he writes, “but they are such slow growers; and as I am not young I* would like to plant some kind that I will have a chance to enjoy. I am also thinking of planting four fruit trees in the yard, probably three cherries,as they seem to do better than mdSt fruit trees, and a pear or an apple.” i The American elm is by far the best tree for this purpose. It grows fast enough, starts to branch high and does not obstruct the view. It arches beautifully, high up over, the street, and is a long-lived, hardwood variety, not seriously affected by insects and fungus, pests. The American linden might grew a little faster, but the tussock moth likes it too well. The American ash grows faster, but it soon gets shaggy, is susceptible to boring Insects and drops its leaves in August. The sycamore is good and a faster grower, but its bark is shaggy. The hackberry is just as good as the elm, but slower growing. and pin oaks are better, but no one has the patience to plant them. Do not plant cottonwood, box elders, soft maples, nor poplar where an elm, hard maple, hackberry, oak or gingko will grow.