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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1913 







Davey Tree Surgery executed by Davey Tree Sur- 

 geons, prevents serious storm injury to trees. 

 Read this letter! 



In regard to the trees which your men worked upon a year ago for the 

 writer, at Louisville, Ky., will state that the majority of these were large 

 beech trees. During a storm this spring a number of trees on my place and 

 in my vicinity were badly damaged, but none of the trees fixed by your men 

 were damaged in the least. They all look much better this Spring than 

 before they were worked upon. I am very much pleased with your work. 



Yours very truly, 

 May 15, 1913. R. M. CARRIER." 



Decay weakened trees are sooner or later storm victims. 

 It is cheaper to prevent damage than to repair it. Learn the 

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 your trees now— without charge. Write for booklet "C". 



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The Knack of Transplanting 



IF YOU ask an experienced gardener the proper 

 time of the year for transplanting, he is quite 

 as likely as not to tell you that he moves plants 

 whenever he has occasion to do so. The fact 

 is that there is no definite transplanting season. 

 Evergreens, peonies and a few other things it is 

 risky to move at all times; but this rule, like nearly 

 every one, has been broken with impunity. 



The knack of transplanting, and doing it quickly, 

 is easily acquired if the transplanter uses his head. 



Try a sub-mulch of wet lawn clippings, covered 

 with an inch of soil, when transplanting 



Common sense, first, last and always, is a requisite 

 of success. With that, transplanting may be done 

 in the full heat of summer. 



The first thing to remember is that, in lifting a 

 plant for removal to another place, it is better that 



Carry large plants on the shovel with which they 

 are dug. so as to keep the soil around the roots 



the roots should remain encased in soil; with some 

 plants it does not matter particularly at some 

 seasons, nor with a few plants at any season, but 

 until experience teaches what they are don't be 

 afraid of a good ball of earth. If the ground is dry, 

 give it a soaking before lifting the plant. If it is 

 very hard let the point of the trowel go down a few 



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