HOUSE AND GARDEN 
AI A Y, 
1912 
Munson Whitaker G). 
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Jl^ FORESTERS V M New York —823 Fourth Ave. Bldg. 
Pittsburgh—743 Oliver Bldg. 
Concerning Injury to Trees 
Caused by Last Winter’s 
Severe Freezing 
T O appreciate just how serious is this injury, and why shade and fruit trees should 
at once be given skilled attention, you must first appreciate the condition of the 
roots when last winter’s deep freezing set in. 
For several summers the weather has been extremely dry, checking vigorous 
root growth. When last fall’s unusually heavy rains came, the roots fairly gorged them¬ 
selves with moisture, and immediately put out an abnormal quantity of soft growth. Before 
this growth could mature, the severe weather came and froze, not only the new growth, but 
also many of the older water-soaked ones. It is only logical then, that the remaining un¬ 
injured roots will not be able to absorb sufficient moisture and plant foods to properly 
nourish the trees. A balance between roots and branches should be restored. Skillful 
pruning, based on careful root investigation, is the remedy. This should be done as soon 
this spring as possible to prevent an unnecessary draining of the trees’ vitality. This is par¬ 
ticularly so with your old trees — the trees which money cannot replace. 
We can come and inspect your trees and advise with you about their care. Have us do 
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paper. A convenient way is to call each 
square of the paper—or every four 
squares—a square foot and measure off 
the available garden space accordingly. 
Then you have before you, in miniature, 
your garden area, but more easily compre- 
hensiWe than the real thing. For the 
color scheme use a thin wash of water 
colors, after the manner of map-making. 
Number each flower, or variety of flower, 
that you intend to use and write the proper 
number, as many times as there will be 
plants, in the square or squares that the 
row or colony will extend over. Estimate 
the probable spread of each plant. Thus 
a space six inches square would be suffi¬ 
cient for a dwarf aster while four square 
feet would not be too much for a four- 
o’clock. Color can be what you will, but 
before selecting the flowers, season and 
longevity of blooming period must be 
taken into consideration. For these things 
some of the catalogues, fortunately, are 
an excellent guide. 
Excepting in the case of a very few 
flowers, poppies for one, that do not take 
kindly to transplanting, the seed of an¬ 
nuals should be sowed not in the garden 
itself, but in a seed bed. Avoid the open 
ground, where so many seeds may not be 
planted until “danger from frost is over,” 
and make use of a coldframe. Late April 
or early May planting in a coldframe 
saves about a month in time, the seeds 
show a better stand and, all along the 
line, there is less trouble. With some of 
the more tender but most beautiful annu¬ 
als, such as salpiglossis and sweet sultan, 
early planting is the only guarantee of 
success. Thin out when the seedlings be¬ 
gin to show their true leaves and a little 
later transplant to another frame, so that 
sturdy not spindling plants will go into 
the garden. This transplanting is not al¬ 
ways necessary, or even desirable, but 
where rapid growth calls for it the little 
time that it takes should not he grudged. 
See that the soil is moist before digging 
up the seedlings for removal to the gar¬ 
den, and before planting pour a little water 
into the hole. If it is not very dry 
weather, no further watering may be re¬ 
quired, but a careful watch should be 
kept on conditions. Plant with the garden 
plan at hand and the work will proceed 
with amazing rapidity. Cultivate the soil 
frequently, especially if the sky is prodi¬ 
gal of sunshine and chary of rain, until 
the foliage pretty well shades the ground. 
Then annuals may be regarded as “laid 
by.” 
What the best flowers for a garden of 
annuals are, no one shall ever say and find 
his opinion unchallenged. One man uses 
only China asters in his garden of annuals. 
He says they are the best flowers, and 
there you are. Certain it is that a most 
fascinating garden can be made of China 
asters alone, and a highly colorful one, 
though its sole hue early in the season 
would be green. But one might as well try 
to say what materials are best for an art¬ 
ist to use. There are the annuals, hosts 
of kinds and most kinds multiplied by the 
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