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An interesting ]ihotop;rai)h from the Great War. King (.ieorge was visiting a Canailiaii 1-orestry ('amv) 

 and was greatly amused at a young captive boar, shown to him. Immediately at the King's right is 

 Brigadier-General J. B. White, of Montreal. Lord Lovat, Chairman of the British Forestry Commission, 

 is at the left of His Majesty. 



Should I Plant Trees in Fall or Spring? 



What is the best time to \)\?^\\i a shade 

 tree, in the spring" or in the fall? 



The question confronts many city and 

 suburban home owners every year. Very 

 Gxten the owner has consulted some (.-le 

 interested in selling; him nursery stock 

 and the answer he has received depends 

 upon the time of the year he has made 

 the enquiry. Early in the year he is told 

 "Plant in the spring-," later he is ad- 

 vised "Fall planting is the best." Theor- 

 etically a broadleaved tree may be suc- 

 cessfully transplanted at any time that it 

 is in a dormant state and making no 

 growth, that is, between the falling of 

 the leaves in October and the swelling 

 of the bulbs in April. In the case of fall 

 planting there is a danger on some sites 

 of the tree being upheaved by the ground. 

 This however can often successfully be 

 overcome by a heavy mulching of manure 

 about the base of the tree. Fall planted 

 trees,.are,,as- a rule slower to open their 



leaves and begin new growth than are 

 those that have been left undsiturbed 

 until planted in the spring. The chief 

 objection to spring planting is the short- 

 ness of the season during which it may 

 safely be done. At that time there is 

 so much other work starting up that 

 everybody is rushed and there is greater 

 chance of careless handling, also delAVs 

 in delivery from the nursery are more 

 serious in the spring than in the fall. In 

 short it may be said that both spring anl 

 fall are good planting seasons but that 

 the spring planting gives on the whole the 

 best results. 



Jill en to Prime. 

 At what time of the year should the 

 pruning of shade trees be done? This 

 question is also frequently asked by the 

 tree owning readers of this magazine. 

 Although the pruning of shade trees is 

 often desirable the season for perform- 

 ing this operation is not nearlv so im- 



