244 State Horticultural Society. 



in the full sunlight on a hot day or out of the ground during a frosty 

 night. 



The tree' begins to suffer, in fact it begins to die just as soon as 

 the roots are out of the ground and it is only a question of how long 

 it will be before it is dead. More than nine-tenths of our trees are 

 lost by this exposure of the roots, and the trees are really dead before 

 planting, although they may not show it until months after. It is 

 not like Rome, which took 700 years to die, but it does sometimes take 

 the tree seven months to show it cannot live. 



The tops, body and branches begin to suffer in just the same way, 

 but not so quickly. The branches are evaporating moisture all 

 the time and if the roots are not able to supply it they at once begin 

 to shrivel up and it is only a question of how long before the tree 

 will be ruined. Again in the handling of these trees the bark is often 

 raised and broken from the bodies and branches and if the trees could 

 cry out they would do so just as quickly as you would when the skin 

 is torn from your hand or arm or face. Then in order to cover these 

 various injuries the "tree butcher" will cut off all of the tops of the 

 trees and leave nothing but the poles. The trees need good roots and 

 branches and young twigs to begin the foundation of the other work- 

 ing part, the leaves which are the pumping force of the tree, the trans- 

 former of the sap from the roots into twig growth and the producer of 

 a layer of wood on the outside of the tree. 



How can the tree do this if there are no leaves until midsummer 

 as is too often the case when there are nothing but poles, instead 

 of tree tops. These branches and leaves are like you, they have pure 

 air; trees cannot thrive well otherwise. The scraggy appearance of so 

 many of our trees in this city is due to the soft coal smoke, and you may 

 as well expect to keep healthy and rosy cheeked in a dungeon, as a 

 tree to be healthy and vigorous with soft coal smoke in the air. 



You would die also if your feet were planted like the tree so you 

 could not move and get pure air part of the time at least. 



Trees love society, they do better in groups, grow more vigorous 

 when they protect each other from the hot winds of the summer, 

 and colds of the winter. They love attention and respond in their own 

 to every care and attention given them. Do you love trees? then they 

 will grow for you, they will live better if you plant them, they will 

 answer you with increased loveliness for every particle of food you 

 give them, for every drop of water you give them to drink, and 

 every washing or cleansing you give their bodies, just as much and 

 just as certainly and just as intelligently as does any horse or dog 

 or cat. 



