spread out, it soon rotted. When each hole was 

 filled with good soil to within a few inches of the 

 top, the heaviest of the men trod in the loose 

 soil, beginning at the outer edge and working in 

 toward the base of the tree; a saucer-like de- 

 pression being left for filling with water. As each 

 hole had been filled again and again with water 

 before planting, watering was not done until the 

 next day, because of the press of work and the 

 knowledge that sufficient moisture had been pro- 

 vided. Protection was provided only after there 

 had been a killing top frost, not after a mere 

 blighting one. There is such a difference, you 

 know, Amateur Gardeners, between a killing and 

 a blighting frost. The protection consisted of one- 

 quarter rotted stable manure and three-quarters 

 soil well mixed and spread about four inches deep 

 over the entire surface of the recently filled holes. 

 This Spring the protecting mulch was " forked in" 

 each hole, every particle of it incorporated, and so 

 providing a moisture -holding mulch. 



PREPARATION FOR DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



The holes that are to receive our deciduous 

 ghrubs should be made in the same manner as 



