PLANTING AND CARE OF SHADE TREES AND WINDBREAKS. 



Fio. 1286. — View of Mixed Forest Belt at Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, July, 

 1897, showing growth of trees planted in spring of 1888. 



duced by any plant grown in Canada^ 

 and as our forests are being destroyed it 

 would be wise to have the basswood 

 planted extensively for the encourage- 

 ment of apiculture, for bees are valu- 

 able to fruit growers and farmers, as 

 they insure fertilization of flowers. Bass- 

 wood grows readily from seeds. 



Sugar, or hard maple, our national 

 emblem, sliould be planted broadcast 

 everywhere where there is room for a 

 tree, as it may be had in most localities 

 for digging. It grows a symmetrical 

 shaped head when properly planted and 

 pruned The soft maple grows very 

 rapidly, and will succeed on a greater 

 variety of soils than the hard maple. 

 Trees in our yard planted eight years 

 are six inches in diameter and give 

 plenty of shade for the hammock. 

 Maples can be dug best with a strong 

 sharp spade, cutting a circle around the 



tree twenty-five to thirty inches in dia- 

 meter and lifting out the plant with 

 what soil and leaves adhere to it. Cut 

 off all branches and saw off the top not 

 more than seven feet from the roots. 

 The trees that have given us the best 

 growth were one and a half to two inches 

 in diameter a foot from the ground when 

 planted. When growth starts rub of all 

 buds except a few at the top of the bare 

 trunk to form a head. 



Norway spruce is the best evergreen 

 for practical use in Ontario, either as a 

 wind-break or as an ornamental tree. It 

 makes a dense upright growth of uniform 

 shape, and is verj' attractive planted 

 alone or alternately with deciduous vari- 

 eties. Keep trees well mulched, which 

 comes nearest to their natural condition. 

 The writer does not favor planting trees 

 thicker than they are to remain, except 

 where straight long trunks are required 



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