DECIDUOUS TREES. 



Fig. 128. 



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CATALPA TKEE ON THE GROUN 



ILFRED COPE, ESQ., GERMANTOWN, PA. 



killing back, becomes crooked, the wood lees healthy, and the roots 

 are weakened for the want of a top proportioned to their develop- 

 ment. A dry deeply-drained soil is necessary to start the tree 

 healthily ; and we advise always mulching under young trees in the 

 fall, and bandaging the trunks with straw, until the rank growth 

 of their early years is over. When once the tree is well estab- 

 lished it does not make the rampant growth that endangers its 

 health and gives it so tropical an air in its nursery state ; and may 

 then be considered hardy and the soil enriched to promote its 

 growth. When healthily grown, and exposed to the sun on all 

 sides, its large leaves, tropical growth, and the warm tone of its 

 foliage, make it one of the finest of middle-sized lawn trees, and 

 one that contrasts well with trees of smaller leaves and darker color. 



