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If, in addition to the dry soil mulch, stable litter or even dry grass can be 

 added, it will bs of advantage. After planting the tree should be staked and 

 for obvious reasons, the stake should be on the side nearest the source of the 

 prevailing winds. Usually one strong stake, eight to ten feet high, will 

 sMffice and this can usually be removed after the sixth or seventh year. 



These holes should be prapared before the trees are obtained so that the 

 soil may hove time to settle. 



At this point it might be well to consider the tree for the planting. This 

 tree as it comes from the nursery should have a good system of roots with a large 

 proportion of fibrous roots. The main stem should be unbranched, so that it 

 will keep unbranched for at least twelve feet. If this point is assured there will 

 not be so much pruning needed later, to keep the tree in good form. Of course 

 thore are some species which will have to be headed even higher, but these cases 

 can be determined in local practice. Since even with the greatest of care some 

 of the root system is lost in transplanting a corresponding reduction must be made 

 in the top. This top pruning can be well done only by careful study of the indi- 

 vidual tree so that the new growth starting from the undeveloped buds will be 

 able to grow along the most desirable lines. Some specimens grow symmetrically 

 by nature and call for little effort on the part of the nurseryman to maintain a 

 good shape, n the other hand, there are a great many species which need con- 

 siderable care. A case in point would be the popular camphor tree. This tree, 

 as it usually occurs on parking spaces, is headed quite low. This is the nature 

 of the tree. But according to competent nurserymen this habit can be overcome 

 by a careful training in the nursery. The mature head of the camphor tree is 

 broad and spreading and if we have that head forming soiae five or six feet above the 

 ground level, it is inevitable that it should interfere with pedestrians. At 

 best the conditions are very artificial and limited, yet the utilitarian aspect 

 of the problem cannot be overlooked. So then, whan we accept our conditions, we 

 must be forced to. realize that for comfort to pedestrians, free play of light and 



