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ornamental trees, 4 feet, $1.00; 6 to 8 
feet, $1.50. 
The Beautiful Tea Weeping Mulberry. 
Forms a perfect umbrella-shaped head, 
with long, slender, willowy branches 
drooping to the ground. Most desirable 
for ornamental lawns, parks or for ceme- 
tery planting. Price $1.50 and $2.00 each. 
Russian Mulberry. Much prized by 
some. A very rapid grower and hardy 
for the South. It should be in every yard | 
or orchard. Price, 50c. and $1.00 each. 
Hackberry. These trees are rapid 
growers, very hardy, and easy to trans- | 
plant. The foliage is a small delicate 
leaf which becomes a light crange yellow | 
in budding out in the | 
After the tree becomes five or | 
six years old, it bears the berries from | 
in the fall and 
spring. 
which it derives its name. The berries 
are red when ripe, and very ornamental | 
‘Rhe tree jis’ 4 
and of a pleasant flavor. 
shapely and requires but little care 
to make grow, 7 to 8 feet, $1.25; 8 to 10 | 
feet, $2.00. 
Tulip 2oplar. 6 to 8 feet, $1.50; 10 to | 
12 feet, $2.50. 
Weeping Mulberry. 
FRUIT TREES. 
A few of the Best Varieties of acclimated Fruit Trees, suitable for the Southern 
States. Our Fruit Trees are Southern grown, and consequently 
are worth double the price of Northern stock, as Southern 
grown stock is best adapted to our climate and soil. 
HOW TO PLANT TREES. 
Although there are numerous books and papers published on arboriculture, 
giving necessary information how to plant trees, yet we are so often asked by : 
some of our customers how to plow and prepare the soil for fruit trees; we there- 
fore deem it necessary to give here some short instructions: 
Make the ground thoroughly mellow, at least 15 inches deep and 3 or 4 feet 
wide each way if holes are to be dug, thorough plowing of the entire piat is pre- 
ferable if it can be done. Prune the trees close; straighten out the roots evenly, 
having the tree standing the same depth it was in the nursery; work fine mellow 
soil (but no manure) among the roots, and when they are all.covered an inch or 
two, press the soil firmly with the foot or a broad ended maul, after which fill 
up evenly with loose soil, over which place a mulch of rotten straw or manure, 
3 or 4 inches deep, extending 3 feet every way from the tree. Whether the mulch 
is put on or not, keep the soil well cultivated about the tree. In this climate 
all trees should be headed low and lean a little to the northwest when planted. 
DISTANCE APART TO PLANT Dwarf Pears, Quinces, etc., 10 to 15 
TREES, VINES. ETC. feet apart. 
Peaches, Plums, Standard Pears, Apri- Japanese Persimmons, 10 to 12 feet 
cots, in light soil, 16 to 18 feet; in strong | apart. 
soil, 18 to 20 feet each way. Grapes, such as Delaware, Ives Seed- 
Figs should be placed 20 to 24 feet | ling, which are of slow growth, 6 to 8 
apart. 
feet apart each way. 
Get ahead of the Boll Weevil, 
plant Toole’s Prolific Cotton. 
