Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1918 — Proper Planting of Shade Trees. [ARTICLE]

Proper Planting of Shade Trees.

Thp bea,\ity, qf ,a shade tree depends upon, its normal and symmetrical growth. In order .to. insure (his, before planting cut off the endjs of &1-, broken or mutilated roots’j’ remove altside branches save upon evergreens, so’that a 1 straight whlpllke stalk alone regains. Dig. hofed.,at. .feast. two feet lri diameter and one foqt deep in good’ soil, and make them four,feet across impoor soil. The sides of holefe should be perpendicular and the bottom flat. Break up soil in the bottom'Of jthe hole to the depth oft he'length of a spade blade. Place two or three inches of fine~top soil, 'free from, sods or other decomposing organic niatter,, In the bottom of the hole. On top of this place the roots of the tree.' spread them as evenly ns possible over the bottom of the hole, land cover with two or three Inches of fine top soil as before. Tramp firmly with the feet and fill the hole with good earth, leaving the surface loose and a little higher than the surface of tfye surrounding soil.. When the work of planting is •completed, the tree should stand about two inches deeper than It stood in the nursery.