PLANTING AND CARE OF TREES 



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Preparing tlie Ground — Too much cannot be said will 



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to the necessity for making the tree comfortable in its new 



SPCCinCATIONS rOR PLANTING STRCLT TRLCS 



Bv City Forester Cromie. 



New Haven. ConnecticuT. 



1912 



.Nursery grown frees H 

 inches in diameter, with 

 veil-developed head and 

 fibrous roots, give best 

 results. 



Prune hraTiches to checK evap- 

 oration durmq the first year 



Lowest branch 7 feet 

 above the pavement 



'Galvanized wire guard. 6 

 feet hign. 6 mcties m aiam- 

 eter, half- mch ■mesh. 



Clothesline, covered vitK 

 rubber nose, inside guard. 



"^Chestnut stake. 2X inches m 

 diameter 9 feet long. 



,Uqht mulch oF well rotted man- 

 ure, covered with loaxa t^ust 

 not touch the roots. 



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^''-y^ Open space m sidewalk. 3t feet 



^ - _y'2^ wide, 6 feet lonq. to allow watering 

 's- "^ :l^^ and ferrillzinq. If necessary, cover 

 with iron qr^ing. 



Hole 3 feet deep, 3 feet 

 wide, 4- feet long, filled 

 with rich loanv 



Protect roots from drying while transplanting 



VorK soil among roots with fingers-, then stamp in in layers 



V/ater frequently during first two summers. 



Fig. 36. Diagramatic specifications for tree planting, 

 followed by many municipalities. 



A scheme 



position. Wherever practicable, the ground should be plowed 

 deeply and subsoiled, and in this way the feeding area for the 



