WHAT TREES TO PLANT AND HOW 133 



year seedling trees or four-year transplants are best suited 

 for this purpose. These may be obtained from several 

 reliable nurseries in various parts of the country that make 

 a specialty of raising small trees for such purposes. The 

 cost of such trees should be from three to fifteen dollars 

 per thousand. 



The little trees, which range from one to two feet in 

 height, will be shipped in bundles. Immediately upon 

 arrival, the bundles should be untied and the trees immersed 

 in a pail containing water mixed with soil. The bundles 

 should then be placed in the ground temporarily, until 

 they can be set out in their proper places. In this process, 

 the individual bundles should be slanted with their tops 

 toward the south, and the spot chosen should be cool and 

 shady. At no time should the roots of these plants be 

 exposed, even for a moment, to sun and wind, and they 

 should always be kept moist. The little trees may remain in 

 this trench for two weeks without injury. They should 

 then be planted out in rows, each row one foot apart for 

 conifers and two feet for broadleaf trees. The individual 

 trees should be set ten inches apart in the row. Careful 

 weeding and watering is the necessary attention later on. 



