CHAPTER XL 



PLANTING AND STAKING TREES 



A FEW words of advice upon these important subjects 

 will be helpful. When planting a tree, prepare the 

 ground beforehand, so that when the trees arrive 

 they can be put at once into their proper places 

 without having to be laid in. If the trees are to be 

 planted thickly, trench the ground to a depth of at 

 least 2 feet, keeping the top spit to the top all the 

 while, merely burying the turf if there is any. If 

 the soil is poor, enrich it during the trenching. If 

 possible this trenching should be done the spring 

 previous to the planting of the trees, and the ground 

 cropped with Potatoes or Cabbages to keep down 

 weeds during summer. If the trees are to be planted 

 wide apart or as isolated specimens, make large holes, 

 varying in diameter from 6 to 10 feet, these being 

 trenched 2 or T.\ feet deep and filled in again to 

 within i foot of the surface. The shape of the 

 hole is a small matter, round or square being 

 equally good. In some instances, however, especially 

 when a tree is being moved with a large mass of 

 soil, a square hole will be found handier than a 

 round one, on account of the additional room given 

 by the corners. 



The time to plant is of much importance, for 



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