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ROADSIDES AND SCHOOL YARDS. A mistake in road- 

 side planting is the digging up of large trees in the woods, 

 with short, coarse roots, and trimming the tops to bare 

 poles. While these often eventually make fine trees, much 

 time is lost. Nursery-grown trees are preferable ; or where 

 forest trees are taken they should be dug around the spring 

 previous to moving and the large roots cut off. This will 

 insure plenty of fibrous roots, and the increased growth 

 will well pay for the extra work and delay in planting. 

 Perhaps the greatest mistake in planting school yards, 

 especially in the country, is neglect. In planting school 

 grounds where no janitor is employed, it is best to select 

 fair-sized, strong-growing trees which can easily be pro- 

 tected at the start, as it must be remembered that " boys 

 will be boys," and may often thoughtlessly destroy choice 

 trees. Fruit trees, or large nut-bearing trees, like chest- 

 nuts or walnuts, are, for this reason, objectionable in a 

 school yard. 



FARM PLANTINGS. In general planting on a prairie 

 farm, plant first windbreaks, screens, and roadside trees of 

 the most approved and hardiest varieties, thus giving pro- 

 tection first. ' Afterwards set out the choicer kinds more 

 especially for ornament, as means and fancy may dictate. 

 Do not make the mistake of planting trees and shrubs, 

 which need the shade and protection of larger trees, in 

 locations exposed to the hot suns of summer and winds 

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