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Before the tree is left it should be trimmed with shears in propor- 

 tion to the trimming done to the roots. 



If planting is done in Summer or in hot weather and the ground 

 is not protected by forest trees it is better to mulch. 



If trees are older than three years, and wild grown, it may be 

 necessary to dig the holes deeper than directed above, but the point 

 of this caution is against deep setting. The writer is satisfied that 

 more trees have been diseased and retarded in their growth and fre- 

 quently killed, by deep setting than by any other one cause. 



