SHADE TREES AND EVERGREENS 



moisture. Trees finally should set just about i inch 

 deeper than they did in the nursery. You can tell 

 how deep they were by the dark ring around the 

 trunk. After planting, you may water the trees 

 liberally. We strongly recommend that you 

 mulch immediately underneath newly planted 

 trees. Hay, cut straw, corncobs, buckwheat hulls, 

 or even sawdust, is good material to use for this. 

 A layer 6 inches thick is not too deep. Such a mulch 

 will keep the ground damp all the time, and will 

 prevent nearly all evaporation. Unless you use 

 this mulch it will be necessary to hoe around the 

 tree every week or so to keep a mulch of dust on 

 the surface to conserve the moisture. 



The after-treatment of both trees and hedges 

 is determined easily when you are on the ground. 

 If convenient, water them a couple of times a 

 week. This will not be a necessity, though, if you 

 have mulched. Trim the trees with an eye to the 

 shape you want them to take, remembering that 

 limbs never get any higher from the ground than 

 where they are. Govern your clipping by planning 

 your effects in advance. Good, healthy, standard 

 outlines require very little cutting, while fancy 

 forms call for about as much playing with the 

 trees as you may be inclined to indulge in. 



A laborer's home with a fine hedge. One hundred feet of 2-foot Privet 

 plants, and Cherry shade trees, five of them, costing about S6.50 all 

 told. The use of fruit trees for home planting is a good idea if you have 

 no orchard; but, as a usual thing, you will be better satisfied if you plant 

 a fruit-garden. 



