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TREE-MOVERS 



No. 2 



A frequent method of delivery. The truck in front has large 

 Cedars and Pines and the tree-mover has a Norway Maple, 8 inches 

 in diameter, 20 feet spread of roots and top. Frequently the truck in 

 front has benches on which are carried two or more deciduous 

 trees, 20 to 30 feet high. 



wanting trees can look them up, and have us inspect them 

 economical. Many make the mistake of selecting poor 

 trees because they are near-by. They do not know how to 

 select the best trees. It is better to go ten miles and get 

 the best possible trees, as distance adds but little to the 

 total expense. The principal expense is skillful digging, 

 transporting and planting. 



First, the tree should be of a species easy to move, as 

 Maple, Elm, Linden, Pin Oak, Locust, Horse-Chestnut, 

 Wild Cherry, Birch, Dogwood, Catalpa, Willow or Pop- 

 lar. Species less easy to move, or about which little is 

 known, are Walnut, Hickory, Scarlet Oak, Black Oak, 

 White Oak, Liquidambar and Beech. The soil is impor- 

 tant. The iDcst is a loamy soil, easily dug to the depth of 

 3 feet. Still better is a sandy loam, underlaid by sand. 

 In such situations the roots are numerous and flexible. 

 That is what we have in Westbury, and is one reason 



Planting large trees is not an extravagance for the 

 wealthy, — a risky experiment which only they can afford. 

 A house costing $6,000 has a porch costing $300. It is 

 quite in keeping to shade the porch, connecting the house 

 with its surroundings by planting a tree twenty years 

 old, 25 feet high, 15 feet spread, 7 inches in diameter at 

 $75. For a house costing $20,000, half a dozen such trees 

 would be in keeping, or two or three larger trees for the 

 same amount. An investment in large trees will accom- 

 plish more than grading. In fact, grading can be done 

 with trees and shrubs rather than soil. That is, skillful 

 disposition of solid masses of foliage will obviate the neces- 

 sity for some grading. 



Large trees may be supplied in two ways: We can 

 ship from our nurseries trees up to 30 feet high and 15 feet 

 spread of branches. We can look up large trees within ten 

 or fifteen miles of where they are wanted, and make a 

 report, with photographs of the trees available. Persons 

 and decide if they are suitable and 



V/hen a tree is to be 

 it a chisel-edged platform as 

 the tree on rollers and 

 eter with a spread of roots 

 only a short distance, as 

 buildings, we can move the 

 but sending heavy tackle, 

 ting timbers in the vicinity. 



moved but a few feet, we push under 

 used for large evergreens, and move 

 timbers. This tree was 3 feet in diam- 

 of 40 feet. In cases of trees being moved 

 where changes are made in streets and 

 trees without shipping a tree-mover, 

 rollers and other special tools, and get- 



Two-wheeled tree-mover with one of the hundreds of extra-size 

 trees sent out from our nurseries. Maple 7 inches in diameter, 28 feet 

 high, 16 feet spread of tops and roots. We now can supply and plant 

 such trees grown in our nurseries cheaper than you can look up sim- 

 ilar trees in your vicinity, and have them moved, especially if you use 

 the old method of moving with a ball of earth 6 feet in diameter and 

 two teams of horses. With one team and five men we can deliver 

 three such trees fifteen miles and plant in one day. Two of the trees 

 will be on a bench mover and the two-wheel mover behind. 



why trees shipped from our nurseries are successful. The 

 bundles of roots are like whip-cords, and enough of them 

 are preserved to give the tree a good start. Types of 

 soils to avoid are those of a rocky nature, with numerous 

 stones between which the roots have been crowded, as 

 the roots are Hkely to be few and easily broken. In some 

 regions, the best-looking trees are on the ledges of rock, 

 all the other land having been cleared. Swamps may 

 supply good trees. Where the water is at the surface 

 part of the year, the roots are only 6 inches deep and the 

 trees have comparatively few roots. They will do, but it 

 is better to get them where the roots are 2 feet deep. 

 If the water is at a lower level and never comes high 

 enough to kill the bottom roots, then the trees have 

 numerous fibrous roots to the depth of 2 or 3 feet and are 

 ideal for moving. Such trees are usually found along 



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