The Treatment of Large Areas n 



be left to the professionals. They have 

 the facilities and from experience the 

 knowledge and knack of it, and this means 

 much for success. Some companies will 

 even give a bond to guarantee their work. 

 Trees about which the grade is to be 

 raised should be protected, so that the 

 soil will not come within some distance 

 of the trunk. A rough piling of stones 

 about the tree, or a circle of drain pipe 

 about it will give the needed protection. 

 Trees play such a vital part in the adorn- 

 ment of a piece of land, whether large 

 or small, that none that is needed should 

 be sacrificed until every effort to save it 

 has failed. 



DRAINING LAND 



Where the soil is soggy and retains too 

 much moisture, this condition must be 

 remedied before attempting to make it 



