90 ARBOR DAY. 



ally be procured six feet high, and if care is used no loss 

 need occur. 



THE BEST WAY TO PROCURE TREES for Arbor Day, 

 when possible, is to go direct to the nearest nursery, see 

 them properly dug and carefully handled ; never let a 

 small root dry. All shade trees may be pruned to a bare 

 pole, cut off at uniform height, or if not too tall, leave the 

 central shoot uncut. When suitable ones can be procured, 

 trees may, with care in digging, be taken direct from the 

 forest. Where the ground is hard, with a tough June 

 grass sod, it will be difficult to plant and insure growth 

 unless great pains is taken. The sod should be removed 

 three inches deep, four feet across, the first spade deep of 

 earth laid out, and the second spade depth inverted, and 

 the top spading used in planting the tree and filling up, 

 and the sod may be inverted on top of four inches of 

 straw, manure, chips, or sawdust, which will answer for 

 a mulch. Care must be used to pack the earth firmly 

 about the roots, using a little water to fill in while plant- 

 ing. Every tree must be protected by 2x4 inch upright 

 posts with boards across for school children will romp 

 and play, and catch hold of and twist them out of shape ; 

 they must be protected. In the treeless portions of the 

 Northwest, where trees cannot be procured, nuts from 

 nut^bearing trees should be secured this fall for fall 

 planting, among which I would mention all the oak 



