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From The Register
of Rural Affairs, 1866
Many land-owners,
who have a more distinct appreciation of dollars and cents, than
of the beauties of nature, cannot see the propriety of occupying
ground and labor in setting out ornamental trees. To such, as
well as to all others, we wish to urge the importance of
planting evergreen trees as a shelter against the cold winds of
winter. We once knew a country resident who flanked his house on
the sides of prevailing winds with groups and masses of
evergreens, from the neighboring forests and borders of swamps -
and drew upon himself pretty freely the jeers of his neighbors,
for setting out trees that ‘bore nothing to eat,’ and were
‘only good to look at.’ In the course of years however, when
these trees had attained a height of some twenty feet, and had
afforded ample shelter from the winds that swept across the
bleak hill occupied by his dwelling, the neighbors discovered
that the place had become decidedly more comfortable in cold
weather - also that many dollars in firewood were annually saved
by the beautiful and efficient protection afforded. They began
to see new charms in ornamental trees, and were disposed to
adopt what they had once ridiculed.
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