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9. Fill the hole with dirt. Tramp in well as filling goes on. Heap 

 it somewhat to allow for settling. If subsoil is used, put it on last. 

 Make the tree firm in its place. 



10. Prune the top to a few main branches and shorten these. This 

 applies to a sapling of a few years whose head you are able to form. 



Older trees should also be pruned to 

 balance the loss of roots. Otherwise 

 transpiration of water from the foliage 

 would be so great as to overtax its 

 roots, not yet established in the new 

 place. Many trees die from this abuse. 

 People can not bear to cut back the 

 handsome top though a handsomer one 

 is soon supplied by following this rea- 

 sonable rule. 



11. Water the tree frequently as it 

 first starts. A thorough soaking of all 

 the roots, not a mere sprinkling of the 

 surface soil, is needed. Continuous 

 growth depends on moisture in the soil. 

 Drainage will remove the surplus water. 



12. Keep the surface soil free from 

 cakes or cracks. This prevents exces- 



sive evaporation. Do not stir the soil deep enough to disturb the 

 roots. Keep out grass and weeds. 



TEACHERS, PLANT TREES! 



Teachers, plant trees! They will re- 

 ward you. We can not all find time 

 nor well afford to build anything like 

 the triumphal arches of the Caesars to 

 commemorate our deeds upon the school 

 ground, but we can easily plant a few 

 trees in our school yard which will 

 stand as living monuments to what we 

 accomplished, long after our every other 

 endeavor has been wrapped in the 

 paper of recollection, perfumed by the 

 lavender of memory, and long covered 

 bv the dust of time. 



