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BETTER FRUIT 



May 



OREGON GRAPE BORDER 

 Twenty-second and Everett Streets, Portland, Oregon 



CARE OF ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBBERY 



BY GEORGE C. ROEDING, FANCHER CREEK NURSERY, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 



NO country in the world offers better 

 natural advantages for the grower 

 of ornamental trees and shrubs than Cali- 

 fornia. With a variety of climates 

 embraced in a limited area from the 

 torrid heat of the Colorado desert to the 

 balmy and equable climate of the south- 

 ern coast counties, thence extending to 

 the far northern counties, with their 

 abundant supply of rainfall during the 

 winter months, and where the tempera- 

 ture never goes above 70 degrees Fahren- 

 heit, conditions prevail in which nearly 

 every variety of tree or plant from 

 the temperate, sub-tropical and tropical 

 zones finds surroundings and soils con- 

 ducive to successful culture. 



California people are lovers of trees, 

 and are becoming impressed with the 

 advantages which nature has bestowed 

 upon them so bountifully, hence there is 

 a steady and increasing demand for the 

 very best that can be obtained in orna- 

 mental stock. 



If there is any one thing which adds to 

 the beauty of a home, be it in the country 

 or the city, it is attractive grounds. No 

 t'arm can afford to be without a few trees 

 and shrubs around the house, and it 

 seems strange indeed that ornamental 

 planting is not more observed by those 

 who wish to make life in the country 

 worth while. Money expended in this 

 direction is well invested, not only from 

 the fact of its creating pleasant surround- 

 ings, but because the beautifying of a 

 place enhances its value and renders it 

 salable, often at a handsome advance. 

 Money cannot buy the satisfaction which 

 one derives from the realization of watch- 

 ing the growth and development of orna- 

 mental vegetation. 



A grave mistake made by many people 

 is to plant haphazard without any pre- 

 scribed plan, with the result that when 

 the plants reach maturity they appear to 



be out of place simply because they were 

 not planted in a suitable environment to 

 begin with. It is an easy matter to draw 

 a rough sketch to a scale for modest 

 ground, which should be submitted with 

 data as to area, soil, climatic conditions, 

 etc., to some competent person to 



make a selection of plants. Instances 

 have been observed where thousands 

 of dollars have been expended in an 

 attempt to beautify extensive grounds, 

 which, when acquiring age, possessed 

 nothing to commend them to one's sense 

 of the beautiful in plant life, simply 

 because the planting had been done with- 

 out a defined plan. Many handsome 

 specimens, not being in harmony, were 

 lost sight of entirely. It is not so much 

 the plants themselves which add to the 

 beauty and picturesqueness of a garden 

 as it is the grouping of them to obtain 

 results. In order to secure this a land- 

 scape gardener pictures in his mind the 

 effect of his groups many years in the 

 future, and his plans are drawn accord- 

 ingly. Imitate nature, avoid having 

 small beds with narrow walks with not 

 enough of any one thing to bring out 

 pleasing effects. Have a few open spaces 

 planted to grass and obstruct the views 

 of undesirable objects with tall growing 

 shrubs and trees. 



It will repay the intending home-maker 

 who proposes to plant extensive grounds 

 to engage a competent man to draw the 

 plans and select the plants. It is just as 

 important to do this as it is to engage 

 an architect to draw plans for a house. 



All varieties of deciduous trees should 

 be planted in the dormant season, from 

 January to April, just as soon as suffi- 

 cient rain has fallen to soften up the 

 ground so that large enough holes can 

 be dug to receive the roots readily. 

 Evergreens transplant best from Febru- 

 ary to May, and in localities where there 



HIMALAYAN CEDAR (CEDRUS DEODARO) 

 Twenty-third Street, between Everett and Flanders, Portland, Oregon 

 North, Portland, Oregon 



