TREE PLANTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2020, 18 June 1885, Page 4

TREE PLANTING.

Tin- planting season should now be in full bwmg, and pi hate gentlemen, as will as public hod its, "should sec that what is donii in the way of planting is done piopcily, and executed in a manner which will ensure a lotuin in aftu year*. I'liere aie two reasons for planting trees, >/ , fin ornament and economy The hist of these ic.isons is limited in its extent, because it can only be applied to the adorning of gaidens or improve ment of the landscape. The second, howe\u,is unlimited, and embiaees all the puipoH-s and the leasom why a man should plant tieus — fiom suppljing hi» cattle with shelter and himself with fuel up to the conveiting of a ban en waste into a feitilo district. All the cue and attention which must be bestowed on the opciatiun of ornamental planting would be thrown away on economical or industiial planting. The gieat obj( ct in the first case is to have tiees with symnietiy and beauty in their qiowth, and to keep them well furnished in hi inches. To do this treis nni-t be selected which have a pleasing and noble appearance, and tuated in such a way as will encomage them to remain in a beautiful shade. In the second season lapid growth for ■shelter, btiaight timber for posts and lails, knotless wood foi tlie maiket, and a lirge mass of climate affecting ugeta tion aie looked foi, and hence the sclec^ tion of treis and ticatment mint totally dilFor in the two cases. Christthtuch nursciits are ricli in trees suitable for ornamental planting, in fact the mo^t fastidious can be satisfied by pa> mga visit to Mr T. Abbotts nursery, where thej will sec a collection of choice conifers and other ordeis of trees, winch would bear comparison with many old establishments in Kuiopc. In selecting trees for ornamental puipcws, the purchaser must of course be guided by the amount of »pace he can allot to each tree. A gentleman w ith only a small plot of land in front of his house must select diffeient trees to he who meditates the planting of a paik 01 formation of a "pinetum." Although many section holdeishave already found out, to their sonow, the en or of indiscriminate planting of trees in a small garden, many instances in almost every stiect of Chnst'•hurth could be mentioned whine tiees attaining dimensions sufficient to covet nearly the wjiole plot itself have been planted ; where tr<-ef, still young, have had to be destroyed to give air and light to the house ; and where for the want of a little knowledge at fi st the whole section has had to be cleat ed and another start m gaidening made. If there weie no ornamental trees w hich take almo-t a lifetime to anne at an objectionable size, then we would not wonder at owneis of small town gardens selecting such trees ns Wellinptonia gigantea to occupy a position opposite a w indow on a small f»mss plot — CimrsToi'iii-R Minn, Botanist, in Cwteibmy I'ioss.

A<"cokii[\<; to tlic doetuue of tlir survival of the fittest, the last wan will undoubtedly hcatuloi. !*qr\in> ]?!(!(. ak. — 'Pi ay, sir, have pity on a mtseiable wretch I have a wife and.' 'My poor fellow, accept my heartfelt sympathy; so lia\e I, andchild ren.' 'Din you pass the hat?' the pastor of a Texas congregation asked his deacon, after the moi mug set \ ice 'Y(s, I dul,' said the deacon, and then looking into the vacant inteiior of a hat that show id nothing but lining, lie addfd gloomily, 'So did ever} body else.' A roH'i-ss liad becun a poem in uncompromising blank verse on the degeneracy of man— ' M,ui«.ua noble being once; but lie ' And here she was compelled to lc<i\ c it A dcgeiu iate one came in and took the liberty of helping her foiwaid a little -W ould probably have remained so ; but she .' 'What do we learn fiom the parable of the seven wise and <-e\en foob>h I virgins?' wa3 recently asked in a Sunday school, ' Tli.it we n.u&t watch every hour for the coining of the biidegroom,' a blushing gill lepbed A Hahy <>\ xiih Cut-,.— Theie was a baby on the car of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Kailioad yesterday afternoon. It— a baby in long clothes is i always an it— was loaded to the >nu//Ie with cry. It was a little thing not more than 2ft. long, but it had more cry coiled up in it than you would suppose could be stowed away in a baby as big as a town constable. What would an auctioneer gi\ c for that baby's capacity ? Well, the tiain and the b.iby got a good e\en start, and for seveial miles the passengers looked on with interest in the lace Almost anybody would bet off hand that a baby's steam would run down before an engine's, but if jou knew tins particular baby yon would disdain all illegal proportions and declare youiself "not a betting dmacter," which, by the way. is a most lightcous declaration— when you ha\e no sure thing The poor young mother of this portable noise fnctory w ,ia crimson with enibanasMiient, foi of course e\eiy passengei looked at her and seemed to say, " Why don't you shut up th.it squalling biaf'" Picsently a man with a long flowing beaid came up the aisle, chucked the baby under the chin, made a lion id grimace, and whispered, "Da, da, da, tootle te tooty." The baby was crying as loud as it could, but this made it <'iy louder. Then a woiii.in rcacbrd over fi om the next scat and whispeicd some thing in the mother's ear. Of course nobody heard what she said, and the mother only sat the little one on her hand and shook her head. A man acioss the v, ny said perhaps there was a pin sti< king into it ; and the baby was tipped and turned and wapecy'd about nntil investi gation exploded the theory. " Probably got the colic," said a dignified woman with a double chin. A ninn in a long duster gave it a pcppcimint 'o/enge, but the baby declined it with kicks ami yells. The poor mother looked down on the floor as if she wished to find <•> n.nl hole to slip through. A kind looking woman came from the other end of the car, took the baby .uul pranced up and down the aisle, bobbing and jumping the bundle of scream until it was demonstrated that this was not the cure She passed the baby to a man, who offered it his knife, but this was spitefully flung to the floor, as the baby opened the steam thtottle another notch. A young man with a Sniggling moustache and a high collar was looking out of a window, whistling Only n Pansy Blossom. He turned his head languidly, and suggested to the man who was tiotting the c c earning infant on his knee trying to shake its lungs down into the muftlmg folds of its long shirts, "If you folks keep on until you frighten the baby to death, it'll stop ciying, J guess." Every eye in the car shot a blood i(d glare at that young man. What did lie know .ibont babio, the stiiplinp ? But the baby was parsed back to its motbci, and all the passengers Pat ctill and pondered o\ or the insult. Then the baby in the dense quietude laid its little hi ad upon its mother* shoulder, sniffed a few sob«, and fell into a peaceful, noiseless slumber, and the young man turned his head down into his high collar and continued his tiibutc to the pansy blossom, while the other passengei s thought, " Now he thinks he's smart, doesn't he?" A Beautiful Painting. Mr G. G. Giccn, of Woodbury, New Jeisey, U.S.A., is piescnting to diuggists and others in this countiy some very fine pietnies in oil of his magnificent house and gi omuls and laboratory at thnt place. Mr Giccn is the pioprictoi of Boschoe's (ieiinan Syiup and Green's August Flower, two very valuable medicines, wlneh are meeting with great favour, the fiist ns a remedy for Pulmonary com plaints, and the latter for Dyspepsia and disoideis of the Liver These preparations have attained an immense sale solely on their supeiior meiits and nic sold by all diuggists thioughout the woihl. The pi ice is tin same for each, Ms Gd per bottle, or sample bottles for 6d. The sample bottles enable suflei«rs to prove their value at a trifling cost.