H. Vers I AOW RE Nee. Es IONE Cs 
cAbout “Planting in General 
HREE main factors contribute largely to success 
with all plantings, large or small. 
1. Select the kind and grade of plants most suited to 
the proposed location, and best fitted to fulfill the 
desired purposes. 
2. Have the ground well prepared, before planting 
starts, with adequate good fertile soil to the full 
depth needed. 
3. See that new plants especially get the best of care, 
from the hour you receive them, during the actual 
planting, and all through the first growing season 
particularly. 
Making the right choices of kinds and quality of 
plants is important. If your conditions of soil and 
exposure are difficult, a reliable landscape consultant 
will save you time, money, and disappointment. 
Particularly in cases of severe sea-wind exposures, 
many kinds of plants that would be eminently suc- 
cessful in more sheltered spots simply cannot with- 
stand the almost constant drying, salt-laden winds 
off the water. But there are kinds that will survive in 
such exposures. Japanese Black Pines and Rugosa 
Roses are two good examples. We believe that our 
long experience and gratifying success in sea-expo- 
sure planting enable us to give you sound and reli- 
able advice. 
Proper preparation of the ground is urgently 
important. Without it, long-range success and satis- 
faction are almost impossible. It is easy to assume 
that because our big hurricane-felled pines were 
living in ‘‘almost pure sand,” new pines of fair size 
will thrive and grow when planted in the same sandy 
soil. But the large native pines started in that sand 
as tiny seedlings, and fought their way upward only 
after the roots had first gone downward far enough 
to supply their needs. To overcome the inevitable 
shock of transplanting sizable plants, we must first 
provide ample good soil that holds food and mois- 
ture to enable prompt “rehabilitation” of the plants 
in their new environment. A fair proportion of any 
investment in planting should go first into adequate 
soil preparation. 
Reasonable care of new plants, large or small, is 
sound common sense. Yet too often it is neglected. 
Watering is of greatest importance. One or two 
thorough soakings of the ground in a week is far 
better than a light sprinkling daily. Trees of fair size 
should be securely staked to prevent swaying in the 
wind which tends to loosen and dry the soil, and to 
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