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LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERIES 



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Fig. 5 



The tree should be pruned as shown in the drawings. (Figs. 5 and 

 6). In removing broken or diseased parts of roots the cut should be 

 clean and sharp and so slanted that the exposed surface will be toward 

 the bottom of the hole. This insures a more ready contact between the 

 root end and the soil thus providing a better water supply and better 

 chances for an early and quick growth of new roots. 



In planting the tree, cover the bcttom of the hole with a layer of 

 loose subsoil in which manure or fertilizer has been thoroughly mixed. 

 Place the tree in the hole, spreading the roots out naturally, and cover 

 well with topsoil. The soil can be worked in about the roots by shak- 

 ing the tree up and down and by working a stick the size of a broom 

 handle in among the roots as the soil is thrown in. After the roots are 

 covered with soil the ground should be firmed about them by packing 

 the ground with the feet. 



When the soil thrown in about the roots is not fine enough to pre- 

 vent the formation of little air pockets, a good soaking will be of great 

 help. The water will wash loose soil particles into these voids and 

 around the roots. Soaking or puddling the ground about trees is also 

 beneficial when the tree is planted late in the season after the buds have 

 started to swell. The puddling will do the same work that the rains 

 would have done had the tree been planted earlier in the season. 



In filling the hole, the dirt should not be left heaped about the tree 

 in a mound that will shed the water. If there is sod about the tree the 

 top of the hole should be left at a level below the sod. Where the sod 

 does not form a barrier to keep the water from running off, the dirt 

 can be brought to its highest level at a point away from the tree thus 

 forming a depression which will catch the water. 



Experience has shown that newly planted trees require a support 

 if it is important that they grow and remain straight. A common 



