ARBOR DAY. 29 



American and canoe birch, silver and Norway soft maple, 

 white and red elm, catalpa speciosa, from the seed grown 

 in Northern Illinois, gray and white willow, black and 

 white walnut, and black locust, all of which do well. 

 Success of course depends on general management mainly. 

 My soil is dark loam with some light clay and sand in 

 places, upland prairie, hilly or rolling. Give the best of 

 cultivation for the first five years. Keep fires out by 

 plowing the grass under twice on borders. 



ARBOR DAY IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 

 BY ABTHUB BBYANT, PBINCETON, ILL. 



What varieties to plant, and what are best adapted to 

 this section of the country, depends very much on cir- 

 cumstances, and on how good care and cultivation can be 

 given. 



STREET TREES. In planting street trees the usual 

 method is to set them out in the hard soil of the roadside, 

 digging a hole barely large enough to admit the roots, and 

 with a very sparing " God bless you " in the way of a 

 mulch, leave the trees to take care of themselves the rest 

 of the season. Soft-wooded trees like the soft maple, elm, 

 cottonwood, and willow, take hold much quicker when 

 transplanted than the hard-wooded varieties, frequently 

 making as much growth the first year as the others 



