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set. At four feet, 2722 trees were required, and the cost was 
$11.20. At six feet intervals, it took 1210 trees, costing 
$5.60. Eight feet apart required 681 trees, and cost $3.14, 
while at 10 feet, 435 trees were used, at a cost of about 
$2.50. The greater interval adding somewhat to the pro- 
portional cost of planting. To transplant evergreens it is 
absolutely necessary to keep the roots from a moments ex- 
posure to the sun. In this case they were dug but the roots 
kept covered with dirt till moved. They were then put up- 
right in a wagon box and drenched. From this they were 
taken in baskets and handed one at a time to the planters, 
who set them out at once. No water is required, and it is 
even injurious to water evergreens after they are set out. 
The ground should be moist when planted. These trees were 
set by cutting the surface on three sides and turning it back, 
taking out a spadeful of dirt, inserting the plant, tramping 
the loose spadeful on the roots and turning back the sod 
next the stem, stamping into place. In spite of the pro- 
longed drought of 1900, nearly 95 per cent of the trees have 
lived and are now making rapid growth. A fire lane has 
been cleared and plowed on the west side. In all 12% acres 
were planted, each acre representing a type of planting. 
Four acres are pure white pine at 4, 6,8 and 10 feet inter- 
vals. Each isduplicated with Norway pine. Oneacre bears 
mixed white and Norway pine, and on one, jack pine was 
planted alternately with white and Norway. Norway and 
Scotch pine occupy an acre, in mixture, to test the relative 
mesits of the two species. Itis hoped that the experience 
and information thus gained may serve asa guidefor similar 
work wherever conducted. 
Ornamental Shrubs.—Of themany kinds of shrubs plant- 
ed on the farm, some have proved perfectly hardy and of 
value for ornamental planting. They are as follows: 
Lilac.—Tartarian Honeysuckle, a bush resembling lilac 
in habit, bearing small pink flowers in the spring. 
Caragana, or Russian pea tree,a bush with pinnate 
leaves, bearing small yellow flowers. 
Buckthorn, a small thorny shrub. 
Buftalo Berry, a shrub, bearing grayish green leaves and 
tart red berries resembling currants. These are borne pro- 
fusely and make excellent jelly. 
These shrubs all make good hedge plants, and all but 
buckthorn are equally ornamental set out as individuals. Of 
native shrubs, the highbush cranberry and dwarf maple are 
useful and the kinnikinnick or red dogwood. Spireas, hy- 
drangias and Russian olive have notalways escaped injury in 
ee The roots of clematis come through in good con- 
ition. 
