PLANTING 



It must not be inferred that the list of trees 

 of which mention has been made includes all that 

 are desirable for planting about the home. There 

 are others of great merit, and many might prefer 

 them to the kinds I have spoken of. I have made 

 special mention of these because I know they wUl 

 prove satisfactory under such conditions as ordi- 

 narily prevail about the home, therefore they are 

 the kinds I would advise the amateur gardener 

 to select in order to attain the highest degree of 

 success. Give them good soil to grow in, and 

 they will ask very little from you in the way of 

 attention. They are trees that anybody can 

 grow, therefore trees for everybody. 



In planting a tree care must be taken to get it 

 as deep in the ground as it was before it was 

 taken from the nursery. If a little deeper no 

 harm will be done. 



Make the hole in which it is to be planted so 

 large that all its roots can be spread out evenly 

 and naturally. 



Before putting it in place, go over its roots and 

 cut off the ends of all that were severed in taking 

 it up. Use a sharp knife in doing this, and make 

 a clean, smooth cut. A callus will form readily 

 if this is done, but not if the ends of the large 

 roots are left in a ragged, mutilated condition. 



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