PLANTING TREES.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 91, 16 July 1873, Page 3

PLANTING TREES.

TO THIS BMTOB,

Sia,~ln y>ur issue of 23rd of last October yoa hud a shore article on “Planting Tret*." I was in hopes that you intended following up fcho subject in fut ure issues. As, however, you ha.ro not done so, permit mo to offer a few remarks on this mutter to my fellow settlers through the medium of your columns. The drat thing that strikes strangers on arrival hero is the seeming bareness of the country, consequent on the absence of trees That trees have a great ami beneficial climatic influence is generally at touto.l, I behave 5 that, they add materially to the beauty and monetary value of land i» also admitted. With a few isolated exceptions, the laurauga settlers have not paid any attention R t ? v, r , to piloting forest and ornamental trees and shrubs. Though lam ready to admit that t 10 higher class of Californian pines are, by reason of their high price, not within the reach of all, yet everybody could, with little trouble and cost, beautify the district by planting poplars, willows, elms, and oaks, nil of which grow splendidly from cuttings iu this country. In the suburbs of all Continental towns and villages, and for miles OB each sulo of the roads leading from the country to the towns, avenues of trees a~o planted, affording excellent shade and shelter, and presenting a phasing, homely fen. ure in the surrounding This, I am informed by' a friend, is th« ease in Canada, settlers deeming it as necessary to plant their land as to fence it m. The planting of the Cameron Hoad, in my opinion, is a subject which the Hoad Board ought to take In hand. Ihc cost would bo small, and I have no doubt that residents on each side of the road would (if the trees were supplied by the Board), plant them, and look after their growth and well-being, haoh tree would require to bo fenced in. Tho trees should be planted at intervals of 18ffc. The trees most suitable for this purpose, I fancy, aro oaks, til in a, Lombardy poplars, and birch. It i* my intention to apply to the Board for permission to fence in two roads adjoining my property for the purpose of planting English trees on each aide—of course, leaving slip-rails for the convenience of traffic. Should I then have any tree# to spare, I shall be happy to cofiperate with anybody who will assist in planting any other bye-roads. 1 do hope that the members of the incoming Road Board, whoever they may be, will set about the planting of as much of the Cameron Road as possible, and that the Town Board will join them. X ata afraid I have occupied a great deal too much of your space, but trust that tho importance of this subject will be a sufficient excuse for suoh trespass,—l am, &«.,

E. M. Edooumbb