CULTURAL SUGGESTIONS FOR GARDENING 
HOW TO PLANT B&B TREES 
Trees are easily planted. Dig 
a hole six inches wider than the 
ball for the top shoulder of the 
ball to be level with the hole, 
and then start to spading the 
outside wall of the hole toward 
the tree 12 inches deep. Keep 
spading until the ground is 
broken to four feet on each side 
of the tree. 
Press the dirt next to the 
ball. Bank the dirt six inches 
around the tree, in an inverted 
y saucer shape, out 18 inches on 
each side of the tree. About 
three feet from the tree, make a 
ridge eight inches high around tree. This basin 
will hold twenty to thirty gallons of water. In watering 
push the hose down beside the ball and let run until 
basin is filled. This will fill in the air spaces. After the 
water has soaked in, mulch with one bushel of stable 
manure. Leave the water basin and water when neces- 
sary. 
CULTIVATION: All types of Planting Materials 
require systematic cultivation. After Shrubs have been 
planted and the beds are put in good condition by work- 
ing and fertilizing, we recommend that the surface of 
the beds be stirred to a depth of two or three inches and 
maintain a mulch. A pronged fork is one of the best 
Garden Tools to use in breaking the crust which will 
form on the beds after each application of water or rain. 
HOW TO WATER TREES AND SHRUBS: To water 
newly planted Trees and Shrubs, push the end of the 

hose down beside the ball and let water run until the 
basin is full. This will fill all air spaces. Repeat every 
week if needed to keep soil moistened. Mulch with rough 
straw or lawn clippings mixed with stable manure. 
HOW TO PLANT N-B TREES: All 
NB (Bare Root) Trees lose a part of 
their roots in transplanting. To offset 
the root loss, the branches should be 
pruned back half way or more as soon 
as planted. To plant NB Trees, Roses, 
etc. you will see a change of color on 
the trunks where the surface level 
should be. Fill in fine soil among the 
roots, placing the roots 
carefully in the position 
they should grow. Fol- 
low the same instruc- 
tions as for Planting 
B&B Trees. 
DRAINAGE: Have good surface 
drainage, and do not plant too deep. | 
Don’t dig hole any deeper than the 
ball because of settling. 
FERTILIZING: Do NOT use any fertilizer in the 
hole when planting unless it is a small amount of bone 
meal for each plant. In most soils, renewed strength in 
the way of dairy manure for plant food should be ap- 
plied at least once a year, usually during the winter. 
The application of well-rotted and pulverized dairy 
manure will meke the beds more pliable and allow for 
cultivation of same more rapidly and readily after much 
rainfall. Commercial fertilizers are satisfactory to use 
in small quantities during the growing season. 











PRUNING AND CARE OF SHRUBS 
PRUNING: Most Evergreens, including 
Broadleaf and Coniferous types, as well as 
Fruit Trees and some Flowering Shrubs 
should be pruned during the dormant period. 
If you wish to retain the natural appearance 
of Shrubs, so they will not out-grow their 
positions, they should be reshaped by cut- 
ting off the long “shoots” inside the natural 
edge of the specimen, and not cut uniform to 
to make formal plants of them. Some Flow- 
ering Shrubs, which bloom only early in the 
spring should be pruned after the blooming 
period to have blooms the following spring, 
as these types produce their blooms on the 
past season’s growth. 
SPRAYING: Certain Plant Materials require spray- 
ing for the most prevalent types of insects and fungus. 
The most common enemies of the Coniferous Ever- 
greens are Blight, Bag worms, and Red Spider. 
For all CHEWING OR FOLIAGE eating insects, a 
stomach poison must be applied to the foliage. Use 
ARSENATE OF LEAD. 
For such insects as Red Spider, or any of the smaller 
ones which draw the sap from the foliage, SULPHUR 
should be applied. 
For PLANT LICE AND APHIDS, nicotine sulphate 
should be applied. 
For MILDEW OR FUNGUS DISEASE, such as 
Black-spot, leaf blights, etc., use Bordeau Mixture. 
: For SCALE INSECTS and WHITE FLY, spray with 
lime sulphur if trees are dormant. For Summer spray 
or for Evergreens, use an oil EMULSION. 

HOUSE 

LAYING OUT SHRUB BEDS , 
Here is a sketch which might serve your purpose in Foundation 
Arrangement! It is intended to illustrate the proper spacing of 
Shrubbery in a group around the home, and once in place, how the 
beds should be outlined in a curve and the entire space between the 
shrubs spaded-up well and kept fertilized for neatness of the bed 
and healthy shrubs in the group. 
An effective foundation planting may be accomplished with the 
following: 
Viburnum; 4. Azalea Rose; 5. Sylvester Juniper; 6. Azalea Rose; 
7. Formosa Azalea; 8. and 9. Griffing’s compact Elaeagnus; 10. For- 
mosa Azalea; 11. Silver Red Cedar; 12. Azalea Rose; 13. Formosa 
Azalea; 14. and 15. Dwarf Gardenia; 16. Formosa Azalea; 17. Dwarf 
Gardenia; 18. Pyramid Ligustrum; 19. Wilma Firethorn; 20. Podo- 
carpus. 
1. Pfitzer Juniper; 2. Semi-Dwarf Gardenia; 3. Sweet 
After the shrubs are planted in place, and carefully watered and 
settled, and the bed outlined, keep the area well cultivated for beau- 
tiful, healthy Evergreen Shrubs. 
