they do not receive drink it will astonish you how 

 quickly they will be beyond the need of it, for they 

 cannot live without water, and it is astounding 

 how quickly these valuable acquisitions to the 

 garden will die for lack of it. 



After planting dormant deciduous shrubs and 

 they have received the mulch of rotted stable 

 manure and soil mixed together, which also serves 

 for their winter protection, no watering is neces- 

 sary, for they are dormant, asleep; but the spruces 

 and cedars and pines are not asleep — they are 

 awake, alive, and after correct planting it is the 

 watering at given times that will keep them alive. 

 If there is rain, that is rain that furnishes more 

 than a mere surface wetting, no other watering is 

 necessary. Your evergreens are being taken care 

 of by nature, and no artificial watering need be 

 done. We have now and then several weeks 

 without rain of any sort, or perhaps after much 

 fuss and thunder the foliage of our newly planted 

 stock is grateful for even a worthless little shower 

 or two. But what about the roots that are so 

 much in need of water? I always feel sad when 

 I see "browning" newly planted stock. I know 



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