DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING. 
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We desire to impress upon those engaged in planting trees, the importance of 
doing the work thoroughly and with care. No work that can be done afterwards 
can ever overcome neglect at the time of planting. The ground should be deeply 
and thoroughly plowed and harrowed when it is in the proper condition, that is 
when not too wet or too dry. Lay off the ground, and place a stake where each 
tree is to stand. If the ground is well prepared and of good quality, it will be a 
waste of time and a damage to the trees to dig the holes much larger than to 
allow the roots to be spread out in their natural position. After digging the 
holes, one person should hold the tree in place while another shovels in fine dirt, 
which should be packed closely and very hard around the roots ; fill up the hole 
with dirt and tramp thoroughly, then throw some loose dirt around the tree. In 
this way hardly one in a thousand will be lost, if properly cared for afterwards, 
and they will make a much better growth than if planted as trees are often 
planted, that is, digging an immense hole, thus forming a tub in which water is 
sure to collect and make the roots decay, and leaving the dirt loose so that the 
wind blows the tree about, breaking the young rootlets off as fast as they start. 
No grain should be sown in a young orchard, as it stunts the trees so that they 
nevei lecover. Corn and pumpkins are an advantage if not planted too near the 
tie.es, as they shade the ground, and the cultivation which they require keeps the 
moisture near the surface. A mulch of straw, leaves, or weeds is a great help to 
a newly planted tree, and a stake set so as to shade the trunk at 2 o’clock is 
necessary. 
it* We grow several hundred kinds of trees, plants, etc., iii smaller quantities 
which are not mentioned in this list. 
A very attractive place to visit on the suburbs of Santa Rosa, by the road 
acioss the iron bridge, is the Nursery and Floral Grounds of Luther Burbank, 
the skilled horticulturist and accomplished florist, who has done so much to adorn 
and beautify conservatories m town, and to propagate choice and 
healthful plants and trees all about the country. Careful and 
conscientious, and devoted to his calliug, in which he is a mas¬ 
ter, he works and deals in a thorough manner, and merits the 
good name and increasing business which this community award 
1 to him. An hour in his grounds is an hour delightfully passed. 
Santa Rosa Republican. 
