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ARBORICULTURE. 



PLANTIXG STEEET AXD SHADE 

 TBEES. 



Few people who plant shade trees pre- 

 pare the ground properly. The hole should 

 be fully three feet square and eighteen 

 inches deep. If the earth removed is not 

 riLiJi garden soil, it should be carted off 

 and fertile soil brought in which the tree 

 nia}^ be jjlanted. Tlie tree will grow'more 

 rapidly and sooner make a shade by this 

 method. Xo fresh manure should be placed 

 in the hole, but good, Avell rotted manure 

 or leaf mold will be of benefit. 



Grass and weeds must not be allowed to 

 orow within two feet of the tree, and the 

 surface should be hoed occasionally. Tre s 

 require cultivation as well as a corn' crop. 



Be sure that sufficient water reaches t^^e 

 roots of the tree, not a superficial sprink- 

 ling. 



If the tree must coil its roots aronnd 

 in a post hole, as in a flower pot, it will 

 die or make but slight growth. Good fond 

 and plenty of it are as necessary for trees 

 as for animals. Too many trees are 

 planted, thii'ty to forty feet is the proper 

 distance for street trees, not ten to sixte?n 

 feet. Three tiuies as niucli labor and ex- 

 l)ense put upon one tree as usually given 

 to tlirce trees planted too closely Avill make 

 a longer lived tree, a quicker shade and 

 more satisfactory avenue. 



A tree which is not worth protecting 

 with a tree box, should not be planted. 

 The efforts of years often are ruined by 

 some horse, the careless ovsner of wliich, 

 being a frieud. one can not demand coqu- 

 pensation. 



I»emeral3er, that extremely ra]iid growth 

 iS not the only consideration. Tliis may 

 be had in the cottonwood. falsely repre- 

 sented as a Carolina pojdar. Durability, 

 long life, handsome appearance, freedom 

 from insects and disease, unobjectionable 

 root system, nor choking sowers, nor send- 

 ing up innumerable suckers, are all, valua- 

 ble assets in the value of a tree. 



Through a ^legaphone,"" is Aery near the 

 truth. A vast quantity .of trash is printed 

 and the mails overloaded with public docu- 

 ments of all the departments of government, 

 which are never read and of no benefit to 

 anybody except the employes of the print- 

 ing office. Second-class matter would cut 

 little figure if this monstrous fraud of the 

 Government .was eliminated. 



"This is the Government Printing Office. 

 II is a very fine museum of prehistoric print- 

 ing methods. It publishes more secrets than 

 the State Department conceals. When an of- 

 ficial wisihes to conceal some fact absolutely 

 from the public he has it printed in the G-ov- 

 ernment report. The amount of literature 

 issued each year from this office would fill a 

 freight train three miles long. The amount 

 that is read wouldn't fill a waste-paper bas- 

 let three feet high." 



NEW PRODUCTS OF THE TREES. 



From the Fancher Creek Nurseries, Fresno. 

 California, we have three handsome catalogues. 

 The wonderful success of Luther Burbank in the 

 production of new plants and trees is well known 

 to the world. The Fancher Creek Nurseries is 

 close to Mr. Burbank and supplies the various 

 plants which Burbank has originated. The color- 

 ed plates in these books show the appearance of 

 the Plumcot, Santa Rosa Plum, Wonderful Pome- 

 granate and flowers, while the Paradox Walnut 

 tree is pictured and explained. The Royal Black 

 Walnut is chosen as the lumber tree of the future. 



Of course, all trees grow more rapidly in proper 

 soils with sufficient moisture than in our Eastern 

 States. Yet this walnut ought to be experi- 

 mented with everywhere. 



The Fancher Creek has Eucalyptas trees in 

 large quantities, and a general nursery assort- 

 ment. 



The following humorous paragraph by 

 Georg-e Eitcb. in "Seeino- AYashins'ton 



]\rr. H. J. Elwes, Vice President of the 

 International Societ}'* of Arl)or:crdture,. 

 has recently pul)lished a splendid work, 

 "Trees of Great Britain and Ireland," 

 from which we reproduce a cut on page 

 3"<?-t — The Beechwoods. It is an expensive 

 v.-ork — 15£ 15s., about $T5 — luit will be 

 greatly appreciated by all students of the 

 forests who can afford it. 



The Reveille Press, Vevay. Indiana 



