GROWING vs. BUYING TREES 227 



th the nurseryman. Nor will he, if he is at all liberal minded, feel 

 id about your selling small trees. As stated elsewhere, if you have 

 e room to spare, plant a few of the varieties most popular in your 

 ction and let them grow into money. Up to 5- or 6-in. almost any 

 ee can be handled without much machinery and yet will bring a 

 od price. 



Of course, a great deal depends upon how far a good nursery is 

 ;ated from you. If it is at all near, you may find it just as profit- 

 le to take the orders and have the nurseryman deliver the trees for 

 >u. You will have to decide that yourself, but in either case it won't 

 irt you to become acquainted with a few of the many good trees 

 ere are. 



In planting trees of any kind bear in mind that the heavier the 

 il, the more liberal you should be in digging the holes for them, 

 ou can never overdo this never. While you do want to pack the 

 il around a. newly planted tree as solid and firm as you can get it, 

 e deeper you have cultivated the soil in which the roots can go, 

 e better success you will have. Good soil and a liberal amount of 



decomposed manure mixed with it are things that every tree 

 11 appreciate. 



Here are the sixteen trees I would suggest that every retail 

 ower get familiar with and handle if the opportunity offers : 



H CHESTNUT, HORSE MAPLE, Norway MOUNTAIN ASH 



ECH ELM MAPLE, SUGAR OAK 



RCH LINDEN MAPLE, PURPLE-LEAF PLANE 



TALPA LOCUST MAPLE, GUT-LEAF POPLAR 



ASH (Fraxinus americana) 



The White Ash is one of the finest of our native trees and at- 

 ns an enormous size. We often find it in low, marshy places, or, 

 am, on high ground where it seems to thrive equally well, 

 ough growing more slowly. The thing that people often object 



about both the White and the Black Ash is not that they have 

 ything against the tree itself, but the fact that it may already grow 



its native state in the neighborhood they live in. 



Ashes should always be planted where the trees will have plenty 



chance to grow without being crowded. They will grow in time 



tall as any tree we have, yet their shade is not so dense as that of 



aples or other trees beneath which grass often cannot be made to 



ow. 



BEECH (FAGUS) 



The Beeches make great trees, and where they do at all well, 

 ould be included in an assortment. One of the most showy is 

 e Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea) with its copper-colored 

 ives and spreading habit an excellent lawn specimen. 



