Planting Trees on a Lawn 



feet deep. A gentle rain was falling when 

 the Maples were set ; six or seven cart- 

 loads of loam were put around them, and 

 when the roots were fairly covered, and 

 the ground trodden closely about them, 

 water was put into the holes before they 

 were finally filled up. 



These two trees, planted on the south 

 side of a gravelly slope, so that the mois- tkt* trtt*. 

 ture must run away from their roots more 

 than is desirable, have made so heavy 

 a growth in the last two years, that in 

 the middle of summer we have been com- 

 pelled to cut out many large branches to 

 admit light, and to improve their shape. 

 In addition to their density of growth, 

 they have shot up fresh stems, between 

 seven and eight feet long, in the two sea- 

 sons they have been fairly growing, for 

 the first summer they did not accomplish 

 much beyond a good crop of leaves. By 

 the end of July we look to see them grow 

 four or five feet more, as they are fairly 

 set, and in fine healthy condition. The 

 ground about them has been kept open 

 and cultivated, and is heavily enriched 

 several times in the course of the summer. 

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