PLANTING AND CARE OF TREES 113 



walk They are supported on stakes driven into the ground. It is 

 to leave a slight depression in the ground under the grJl 

 for the purpose of holding sonie of the water that may run mto it. 

 The ar?h ^mediately around the tree, however, should be some- 

 Slt elevated to prevent the water from commg m contact wrth 

 the trunk. 



