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allowed to dry away a few times before planting. 

 For this reason it is well to have the holes dug 

 some time before the trees arrive. 



When they are planted with little care in the 

 sward and fail, the nurseryman is assured that they 

 were well watered all summer. This he thinks is 

 true, but in reality it is more than likely that not 

 one little drop of water has reached one root during 

 the entire summer. 



I have often likened this watering by throwing 

 on a pail of water to throwing water on the roof of 

 a house to water the house plants within. Try it 

 sometime, throw down one pail of water on the 

 sod, and after it has soaked away we shall find that 

 it has soaked down only from i to 2 inches. 



To water these trees in such a place we must 

 prepare for it before the tree is planted. Bore 

 two holes down about 2 feet, and about 3 feet 

 apart, with a post auger, or other implement, and 

 plant the trees between them. These holes may 

 be filled with any coarse litter, brick bats, or cobble 

 stones, and about once a mouth during the summer, 

 if there is not a sufficient rainfall, fill them with 

 water and after soaking away fill once more. A 

 board may be placed over these holes to prevent 

 accident as well as to fill them, only they are apt 

 to be removed. 



Shading will be found beneficial, or rather pro- 

 tecting from the severe drying south winds. This 

 is done easily by nailing together a few pieces of 

 old boards into a square shield some larger than 



