The soil will soon settle, when more should be 

 added until the garden level is reached. A mulch 

 of five or six inches of old ^able-litter, should be 

 spread over the surface to conserve the moi^ure. 

 ^ Splendid specimens of dogwood and hawthorn 

 eight and ten feet high may be had and, of course, 

 small ones from three to four feet in height. A 

 fourteen foot red maple, or even a sixteen foot one 

 can be planted with safety, but so tall a newly 

 planted tree mu^ have a Readying wire with a 

 piece of rubber hose between it and the trunk to 

 prevent injury. The planting should be no deeper 

 than the visible nursery " soil line " — they will 

 settle somewhat of course. Autumn planting is 

 advisable, indeed I think it is without que^ion 

 the be^ time. 



^ Throughout all the year the white and red dog- 

 woods (cornus) are of interest and, by the way, 

 they are not red at all, but a true flaming pink 

 without a ve^ige or the fainted tint of red. They 

 are so gay, so round, flat-headed and bushy, with 

 glistening foliage on their short branches. Yes, all 

 the year you will find them intere^ing, intere^ing 

 because of the varying charm of their delicate 

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^ All through the Spring the red and white dog- 

 woods are the joy of artists, and those who ^udy 

 the " ways " of trees. 



^ Their four petaled flowers are a summons to the 

 birds and bees for their Spring-time banquet and 

 all through the heat of Summer their shining 

 foliage and pale green berries are refreshing and 

 good to behold. Then in the Autumn, oh, their 

 blaze of crimson! Their dazzling warmth! When 

 Summer has fled, and at the laSt, when their gaily 

 colored leaves have fallen, yet, ^ill there remains 

 a wealth of buds and tinted twigs. ^?^\ 



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