- McMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE 37 

CARE OF TREES AND PLANTS. 
Volumes have been written on the planting and 
care of orchards and the beautification of home 
grounds and yet each planting becomes an individual 
problem. Regardless of how choice your selection 
may be in trees and plants, or how perfect they may 
be when received by you, unless they are handled 
properly in planting and given the right kind of care. 
they will not give the results that are desired. 
Therefore, we offer a few general suggestiors on 
the care and cultivation of trees, which will help 
make a success of the planting of stock which we 
supply. 
When you receive stock from nursery, arrange to 
plant as quickly as possible. If stock is received 
during freezing weather, place where it will be pro- 
tected from extreme cold, but do not put it near the 
fire or where it will become heated. Trees and plants 
may be received in frozen condition and yet be en- 
tirely all right. Where this happens, it is a good 
plan to place them in a cool, dark place, without un- 
wrapping, covering with straw or similar protection, 
where they may be allowed to thaw out gradually. 
By no means allow air to strike roots while frozen, or 
attempt to thaw them out by warming, for this would 
mean damage to them. 
If you have not already prepared your ground for 
plantirg, do so immediately, being sure that soil is 
well cultivated. Dig holes amply large to receive 
the roots of the trees, using the top soil for com- 
pleting. If soil is poor, be sure to add other soil 
which is well pulverized and fairly rich around the 
roots of trees. Also, see that ground is fertilized 
properly and is kept well cultivated in order that 
trees and plants may have opportunity to become es- 
tablished. Use plenty of water in setting the trees 
and plants, tightening the soil thoroughly as the 
holes are filled in, then when hole is almost full and 
soil well tightened, use plenty of water that the soil 
may be well settled around the roots. 
Where plants have ball of earth burlapped around 
the roots, avoid breaking this ball. Set-in a hole that 
is plenty large to receive without crowding, settin 
about ore inch deeper than the surface of the ground, 
then cut the burlap loose from around the top of the 
ball and allow it to fall back in the hole without re- 
moving. Fill in around the ball as you would around 
the roots of any other plant, tightening thoroughly, 
and using plenty of water to settle. 
For shrubs and roses, etc., handle in the same way, 
though it is usually more desirable to prepare special 
bed for roses, selecting location that will have plenty 
of open air and sun, and particularly one that is well 
drained. It is usually better to remove the soil from 
the bed, filling in with good loam that is fairly rich, 
or using fertilizer in the soil. Plant so that plenty 
of room is given between the plants for cultivation. 
Remember that roses like lots of food and water 
during the summer months, and that you cannot 
hope to get bloom without this. 
Careful and proper setting of trees and plants is 
necessary, but in only the beginnirg of a successful 
orchard or beautiful home grounds. Cultivation, 
mulching and watering, as well as spraying and 
pruning, must be carried on consistently or first in- 
