HOUSE AND GARDEN 
256 
October, 
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Tree Inspections—Their Necessity 
E VERY once in a while a fine 
old tree friend begins to show 
dead branches, or the foliage 
yellows up. Sometimes a big limb that 
looked strong and solid, is broken 
out bv the wind, leaving an ugly gap 
in the former beautiful symmetry. 
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brings it against the roots and rootlets as 
no amount of tamping possibly can, and is 
really the nearest approach to restoration 
that there can be. 
After the water has been applied, let it 
all settle into the ground before putting 
on another shovelful of earth; then com¬ 
plete the filling in, leaving the upper earth 
dry and lose to conserve the moisture down 
below. On top of this put a mulch of 
leaves, straw or long grasses, covering the 
entire area above the roots and keeping it 
covered for the rest of the summer. This 
keeps the roots cool and gives them the 
shade above them which is natural to the 
roots of all evergreens. 
When cold weather comes and the 
ground has frozen, increase this light sum¬ 
mer mulch to a depth of six or eight 
inches, thus keeping the frost in the 
ground, once it has taken up its abode 
there. This winter protection is absolutely 
imperative to everything that is planted in 
the fall, even though the plant is the 
hardiest thing in the world. It must never 
be omitted during the first winter after 
fall planting. 
Keep evergreens that are planted now 
well watered, applying the water always in 
this same gentle fashion, and applying a 
lot of it when it is given. If the weather 
is very dry and hot, water twice a week; 
if there are rains of any consequence at 
all, once a week will probably be suffi¬ 
cient. The object is to keep the ground 
moist enough to encourage root growth 
and root action—and to get this moisture 
doivn deep. It is worse than nothing at 
all if it simply spreads out on the surface 
of the ground above the roots, for then it 
entices them toward the surface, where 
later on the heat will burn them to death. 
Get the roots to going down by getting 
the water down; then the future of the 
plant is assured. Never put on less than 
three or four or more pailfuls of water, 
slowly if from a pail, gently from the end 
of the pipe itself if from a hose. Never 
use a nozzle—throw it away and avoid 
temptation! G. T. 
Start Your Cold Frame Crops 
D URING the latter part of September 
select a location where the sun 
does not strike hard all day and which 
is protected from beating rains, and there 
prepare a seed bed for lettuce, parsley, 
pansies, forget-me-nots, hardy perennials 
and so forth, which you wish to use in 
the coldframes this fall or carry over 
through the winter. Grand Rapids (loose¬ 
leaved) and Big Boston (solid-headed) 
are two of the best sorts of lettuce for 
growing in cool temperature, such as a 
coldframe. A little pansy seed will go 
a great ways, so do not fail to get the 
very best you can procure even if it does 
cost a little more; you will be more than 
repaid for it by the extra size and color- 
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