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satisfactorily endures the hot weather. It will act 

 as a "nurse" to the other grasses, which will be 

 thus encouraged to make a growth. Oats will 

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 killed entirely by the cutting of the mower, which 

 prevents their seeding. So marked, indeed, is the 

 nursing effect of oats that they are a valuable addi- 

 tion at any time when sowing a lawn mixture on 

 banks or terraces. Their quick root development 

 assists greatly in holding the soil until the permanent 

 grasses come into possession. This is a practical 

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TREE&Ni>SHRyBS 



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Experiences With Fall Planting 

 in the Middle West 



THE success of fall planting of deciduous or 

 evergreen trees, depends on the condition 

 of tl)e soil; excessive drought during August will 

 make fall planting a doubtful operation unless 

 the expense is not considered as a factor in the 

 work. This additional expense of fall planting 

 during dr}' fall weather is for watering, both before 

 and after planting. The soil around the trees to 

 be transplanted must be made moist and mellow 

 for a period of at least ten days before the trees can 

 be moved and for a like period after they are 

 transplanted. 



Our record for fall planting in a very dry season 

 shows cost of transplanting 2J to 3-in. elms (cost of 

 trees not included) as follows: Digging hole (hard 

 clay), thirty-five cents; hauling away subsoil, forty- 

 five cents; hauling top-soil, seventy-five cents; plant- 

 ing the tree, ten cents; watering by cart and team 

 (hauling 3,600 feet distance) ten times, $1.04; which 

 is a total of $2.69. Watering in the nursery, before 

 moving the tree, was done with a' hose at a propor- 

 tional cost per tree of twenty-two cents additional. 

 Evergreens (4 to 6 ft. high spruce), under the same 

 condition, cost $4.36 per tree to transplant. This 

 planting was successful, as only two evergreens and 

 one elm failed out of a total of 400 elms and sixty- 

 five evergreens. 



If this work had been done in spring the cost of 

 transplanting would have been $1.26 per tree 

 cheaper; but if weather conditions are favorable, 

 there should be no difference in the results of fall 

 and spring planting. The only reason we do most 

 of our planting in spring is that we usually have no 

 available funds in the fall of the year, as the 

 appropriation is then exhausted by other work 

 done during the season. But I want to recom- 

 mend transplanting of trees and shrubs both in fall 

 and spring, and also urge the preparation of the 

 soil, no matter what season the work is done in. 



Fully as many trees fail from being planted in 

 too wet a soil front excessive rains, as from neglect 

 of watering after planting. Nevertheless, let us 

 plant a tree wherever there is room for one and keep 

 our eyes open, and Nature will assist each effort if 

 proper care is given them. 



Fred Nussbaumer, 



St. Paul, Minn. Supt. of Parks. 



The Butterfly Weed 



I SAW a rare and charming sight in August — 

 several hundred plants of the butterfly weed 

 (Asclepias tuberosa) in full bloom at South Orange, 

 N. J. There were at least five good varieties in 

 the clump. They were yellow, orange, scarlet- 

 orange, scarlet, and cardinal. The cultural prob- 

 lem, however, is a hard nut to crack. — W. M. 



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