86 THE SMALL COUNTRY PLACE 



Time for Planting. 



The best time for transplanting deciduous trees is 

 early in the fall or early in the spring. Either of these 

 times when the work can be most thoroughly done is the 

 best. If very large trees with considerable top are set 

 out in the fall they should be well supported by stout 

 stakes driven deep into the ground or wire guys run- 

 ning to stout stakes set at the surface of the ground. 



Planting Evergreen Trees. 



As these trees are in foliage all the time they may be 

 set out at almost any time when it can be done without 

 exposing the roots to dryness or breaking and destroy- 

 ing too many of the fibres. Early summer after the 

 buds have started and the month of August are the 

 times when most evergreens are planted. In moving 

 them a moist day should be selected and if possible a 

 ball of soil should be taken with each tree. If the roots 

 become dry they will never regain their vitality and the 

 tree dies. 



The Arrangement of Trees and Shrubs. 



In arranging trees and shrubs about the home place it 

 should be done with the aim to make the most attrac- 

 tive home picture possible and at the same time afford 

 shelter from the sun and protection from cold and storms. 

 The central idea in grouping is to make a pleasing set- 

 ting for the buildings with the lawn in the foreground. 

 If the grounds are limited in extent a few specimens only 

 can be grown without too much obscuring the home 

 picture. A single large old tree with a well-kept lawn 

 and a few flowering shrubs or plants will be more satis- 

 factory than a tangle of imperfect specimens. If of 

 larger extent, a number of varieties of trees may be used, 

 sometimes grouping several of one kind or mixing many 



