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Photo 101 

 An Effort to make Poplars Branch out. 



about three inches deep around the pipe for soil and sod. The 

 soil should be tamped in and the sod pounded down, and every- 

 thing" kept away so that the cement will not loosen while it is 

 setting-. The end of the gas pipe comes through the sod, but on 

 a level with it, so as not to interfere with the lawn mower. To 

 water the tree, stick the nozzle of the hose into the pipe and let 

 the water run until it overflows. 



The ground under the Talmadge Elm was so dry that it 

 took over three hundred gallons of water the first day the reser- 

 voirs were used. During one season they give this tree up- 

 wards of three hundred barrels of water. This, together with 

 bracing it, will probably prolong the life of this remnant of the 

 native forest for a hundred years possibly two hundred. 



The dying condition of the top may not be caused by the 

 want of water. It may be from too much water; or, more likely, 

 from a "deep rilling" at the time of "grading.' Whichever of 



