
PLANTING AND AFTER CARE 
TREES 
Be generous in digging the hole for 
your tree. Get good soil to tamp about 
the roots. 
Trees from the nursery are best be- 
cause they have been transplanted and 
have more roots near the trunk. 
Cut off the ends of the roots smooth- 
ly as this freshly cut surface facilitates 
growth of new rootlets. 
Pruning at planting time should be 
confined to removal of some of the 
limbs. It is a mistake to cut back the 
leader although this can be safely done 
with certain kinds, such as Box Elder, 
Poplars, Soft Maple, Magnolia, Tulip 
established prune only to preserve the 
natural habit of the variety. All cuts 
should he made close to and parallel to 
the trunk or to the branch remaining. 
It is indeed a sad sight to see noble 
Elms, Sugar and Norway Maples and 
Oaks dehorned. If you hire anyone to 
prune your trees make him tell you 
exactly how and what he is going to cut 
Trees 8-10 ft. in size or larger should 
be staked to prevent swaying until roots” 
are well established. 
THE PLANTING OF BALLED AND 
BURLAPPED EVERGREENS 
When trees have been a long time in 
transit and have dried out somewhat, 
it is a good plan to submerge each 
earth ball in a tub of water until water 
has thoroughly penetrated the ball and 
reached the roots of the tree—do not 
remove the burlap to do this. 
If planting cannot be done immediately 
when trees arrive, wet them as describ- 
ed and set somewhere out of the sun and 
wind—cover earth balls with damp straw 
or leaves. 
Before digging holes, first arrange 
trees in their proposed location, move 
them arou.id until desired effect is ob- 
tained. Remember not to crowd trees 
too closely. 
Leave the tops tied up until the tree 
is planted. 
Leave the burlap on the earth ball as a 
protection in handling. It soon rots 
away. 
Dig the hole a foot deeper and wider 
than necessary to admit ball. If soil 
is not good garden soil, fill it with good 
soil and PACK DOWN FIRMLY. The 
burlap can be loosened from around stem 
and surplus cut off. 
Fill hole three-fourths full of soil to 
pack firmly, water and fill rest of hole 
with loose dirt. Start feeding tree with 
applications of liquid manure three or 
four times the first month or two after 
transplanting. 
A three or four inch mulch of peat 
moss will be found beneficial. 
Water thoroughly once each week first 
month of planting and once every two 
weeks thereafter. 
MOST IMPORTANT 
Evergreens are used extensively in 
Foundation plantings where wide over- 
hanging eaves often prevent their get- 
ting moisture from the natural rainfall. 
Also concrete and rock foundations ad- 
joining have a tendency to rob the ad- 
joining soil of moisture. So be sure 
your evergreens are frequently watered 
if necessary, and bear in mind that since 
they are evergreen and never go dor- 
mant like other plants that they need 
the moisture 12 months out of the year. 
So it is just as important that you keep 
them well watered, in the fall and win- 
ter. 
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SHRUBS 
A shrub or plant crowded into a hole 
dug out of the sod cannot be expected 
to produce satisfactory results. Beds 
should be dug at least a foot deep and 
the soil made loose and friable. unless 
the soil contains plenty of fertility, well- 
rotted -manure should be thoroughly mix- 
ed with the dirt, but never put in con- 
tact with the roots. 
Some ‘‘puddle”’ roots to prevent drying 
out from sun or wind. This is dipping 
roots in a molasses-like mixture of water 
and loamy suil. 
' Cut off bruised or broken roots smooth. 
y. 
Set plants about same depth as they 
stood in nursery. In lighter soil plant a 
little deeper. 
Pack good soil firmly about roots. Wet 
the soil, if needed, when hole is partly 
filled. Then shortly after, unless ground 
is moist, shrubs should be watered, but 
in heavy soils too much water will in- 
jure the plants. 
Leave soil level with surface of ground, 
except a ring of dirt may be left to form 
a basin for watering. 
AFTER CARE OF SHRUBS 
Keep surface soil loose and moist and 
at even temperature by a 3 to 4-inch 
mulch of manure or by keeping a dust 
mulch by repeated cultivations. During 
a drought year, water thoroughly, even 
though mulch is applied. 
PRUNING 
The object of pruning is to maintain 
the natural form and to preserve the 
flower and fruit bearing wood. Shrubs 
that bloom in spring or early summer 
should be pruned within two weeks after 
flowering. Those that bloom in late sum- 
mer or fall, like Althea, Butterfly Bush, 
Hydrangeas and Snowberry, should be 
pruned in late winter or early spring 
before growth starts. 
The Hydrangeas are pruned lightly for 
numerous small |Llossoms and are cut 
back severely if larger but fewer flowers 
are desired. 
Butterfly Bush and Desmodium usually 
die back to the ground, so the tops 
should be cut off entirely in late winter. 
The tops spring up quickly and make 
nice bushy specimens, 
Shrubs valued for colored bark like 
Siberian Dogwood (Cornus alba Siberica), 
Globe Flower (Kerria Japonica), ete., 
should have some of the older canes re- 
moved each spring to encourage new 
growth, which has the best color. 
Lilacs and flowering Dogwood (Cornus 
Florida) should not be pruned except to 
remove dead or diseased branches. 
Most pruning may be confined to re- 
moving dead wood, cutting out short, 
weak growth and heading back branches 
that are too long and tend to destroy 
the natural form of the shruh. 
‘With old shrubs it may be necessary to 
cut out the old wood down to the base of 
the plant, encouraging the new zgrowth 
from the roots. 
One reason Evergreens are more expensive than shrubs. 
This illustration shows how long it takes to grow an Evergreen 
correctly. 

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4105S YEARS OLD 
Twice Transplanted 
HEDGES 
HOW TO PLANT PRIVET 
Plants can be set eight inches to a foot 
apart in the row. Where a very dense 
hedge is desired, the plants can be set 
in a double row, each plant «ne foot and 
the rows ¥#ls») one foct apart. 
In preparing the ground, dig a trench 
a foot or more deep and set the plants 
six to eight inches deeper in the ground 
than they were in the nursery. This 
will bring three or four of the branches 
below the surface, which after the first 
year, will make roots of their own, giving 
a dense solid growth. 
Mound the dirt up six or eight inches 
of the ground, to pre- 
Rake this off 
Cut tops 
above the evel 
vent the tops drying out. 
when the buds start to open. 
off 4 inches above ground. 
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These Are Correct Forms of Privet 
Hedge 
TRIMMING HEDGE 
The Privet takes readily to shearing. 
By using the shears repeatedly 
throughout the summer, trimming the 
new shoots, while they are tender and 
soft, the hedge can be trained into any 
of these formal shapes. 
BULBS FOR FALL PLANTING 
Plant in October or November in deep, 
well-drained rich soil. Hyacinths, Tu- 
lips, Narcissus, Jonquils, are set 4 to 6 
inches apart. Cover Tulips 4 inches 
deep, other kinds 5 inches. Put a hand- 
ful of sand under each bulb when plant- 
ing. Mulch with straw or leaves 4 to 6 
inches after ground is frozen. Remove 
the mulch carefully in spring before 
warm weather. 

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