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PLANTING HOME GROUNDS 
Trees planted in gumbo or clay soil are more often 
killed by too much or too frequent watering than by not 
enough water. Trees planted in such heavy soils should 
be watered once every two weeks, using a great deal of 
water at one time. The watering of trees in heavy soil will 
have to be determined by the owner—by carefully watch¬ 
ing the trees for indications of decline. 
During the Summer the space about the trees should 
be kept cultivated to a distance of 2 feet from the trunk, 
and grass or weeds should not be permitted to grow close 
to the tree. 
PLANTING EVERGREENS. 
Evergreens can he most satisfactorily planted in the 
Spring. 
Evergreens should always be purchased balled and 
burlapped, (abbreviation B & B), which means that the 
tree is dug with a ball of the soil in which it is growing 
surrounding the roots. This ball and roots are bound in 
burlap. 
The hole should be of suf¬ 
ficient size to accommodate 
the ball with plenty of room 
on either side. When ready 
to plant lay the ball in the 
hole, cut the string holding 
the burlap, and lay the bur¬ 
lap out on the bottom of the 
hole. Then proceed as in the 
case of Shade Trees, but be 
careful not to break the ball 
of dirt about the roots. The 
burlap will rot in a few 
weeks. But the burlap should 
never be left about the ball when the tree is planted. 
No manure should be put about the roots. 
