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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1911 
LIGHTNING 
STRUCK. TREES 
SAVED 
Don’t cut them down. Send for one of our in¬ 
spectors. He will advise you if they can be 
saved. 
Damage from lightning varies greatly. In 
severe cases trees injured may be redeemed 
by methods of pruning and fertilizing. 
It takes over fifty years to grow 
only a fair-sized tree; so it pays to 
make every possible effort to pre¬ 
serve those you have. 
Caring for trees is our business. 
One of the satisfactory phases of 
our work is that for a year after it 
is done we make repeated inspec¬ 
tions entirely at our own expense. 
This means an out-and-out guar¬ 
antee to you. No other company 
gives you this extra service, this 
absolute tree insurance. 
Send for one of our Inspectors 
and make sure your trees are in 
good health. Let us mail you a 
most interesting booklet on “Trees 
— The Care They Should Have." 
Munson- Whitaker Company 
FORESTERS 
Boston, 623 Tremont Bldg. New ork, 823 4th Ave. Bldg. 
Chicago, 303 Monadnock Bldg. 
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lying around to shelter insects and eggs. 
Burn all leaves, stems and other refuse 
from plants that have been diseased. Do 
not let the ground lie idle, but by continu¬ 
ous cropping keep the bugs, caterpillars 
and eggs constantly rooted out and ex¬ 
posed to their natural enemies. Third: 
practise crop rotation. This is of special 
importance where any root disease is de¬ 
veloped. Fourth: watch closely and con¬ 
stantly for the first appearance of trouble. 
Do not wait to see what will happen. And 
last, and of extreme importance, be pre¬ 
pared to act at once. Do not give the 
enemy an hour’s rest after his presence is 
discovered. In almost every case it is only 
by having time to multiply that the pest 
will do great damage. 
If you will keep on hand, ready for in¬ 
stant use. a good hand-sprayer and a mod¬ 
ern powder gun, and a few covered boxes, 
tobacco dust, arsenate of lead and mate¬ 
rials for kerosene emulsion and Bordeaux 
mixture, you can cope with all pests. 
On Transplanting 
A PRACTICE that has brought me suc- 
cessful results when transplanting 
is not to apply fertilizer to seedlings until 
growth has started. My plan is to set the 
young plant only in the clean natural soil 
of the bed. Afterward, when the recovery 
from the shock of transplanting is com¬ 
plete and the new growth has begun, stir 
in the fertilizer ; of course the bed has been 
well worked beforehand and the heavy 
winter application of manure has been 
thoroughly incorporated with the soil. 
High grade commercial fertilizer, however, 
must be given only to a growing plant. 
When the young plant is taken from the 
protection of the moist seed-bed and placed 
in the open ground it faces an important 
crisis. The tiny roots have been torn from 
their native soil and have to adapt them¬ 
selves to the new food supply. The leaves 
are exposed to far greater evaporation 
from the sun and the whole plant is forced 
to meet an increased demand upon its re¬ 
sources at the very time of its lessened 
vitality. The growth must not be checked 
too long or the plant may never recover. 
All depends now upon the treatment. To 
begin with the tender roots want nothing 
but the natural soil made very fine and 
pressed gently but firmly about them and 
this soil well moistened. A light mulch of 
leaf mold will keep the moisture in. Next 
it will require protection from the direct 
rays of the sun. A plant so treated will 
almost certainly recover in a day or two 
and begin a new growth. After the plant 
is established and no longer needs protec¬ 
tion, stir in a little high grade fertilizer. 
This application made at first would have 
added very greatly to the plant’s problems 
bv giving too much heat and too great food 
supply. Now the plants—like a patient 
well past a fever—will take to nourish¬ 
ment and be able to stand it. Later, as 
growth becomes stronger and just before 
fruiting time, heavier applications can be 
made with visible results in the plant. This 
suggestion applies to all transplanting, but 
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