Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1869 — How to Move Evergreens. [ARTICLE]

How to Move Evergreens.

We are often asked if evergreens from the woods can be made to grow—a matter well understood, of course, among the trade, but outside, like many other things, not so well understood, and as often performed by the uninitiated with but indifferent success. a size is selected. It is no; advisable to go heavily into large evergreens from the forest. We know there are many sold, even in this city—and by the say so of the parties interested, they will be sure to grow and all that; yet, nevertheless, a very small po't ! on of them do anything after the first few months. This is partly from neces ary exposure of the young root fibres, and more from an utter want of sufficient roots to many others to admit of their growing under the best possible circumstances. When parties live very near the woods, and want a few large trees for present effect, and will take pains enou~h to get all the roots they can, and never allow these to d'y up, and bring along as much soil as will conveniently adhere to the roots, the thing may be well enough. But it so happens that those who fed most need of planning, live the farthest away from the woods, while those living close at hand hardly think them worth the troub'e: -

Now, then to accommodate the distant people, select small trees, have them well cared for on the passage, and then bed them out soreWShly that the foliage will nearly or quite cover the ground; then take some old hay, and cover them all over thinly, to break the intense rays of the sun, so that they may start out new" fibres before full exposure. With this care, success is almost certain. Some bed out at the back or north side of a fence, which, answers the same purpose. In the woods they are more or less sheltered and protected with each other; and like all similar cases of partial shade to vegetation, have not that luxuriant, healthy growth they have when -fully exposed to the sun and wind. , J • ' After they have started roots, which may be known by their starting into growth, and this growth gets tame what hardened, this covering should be gradually removed, until toward the erd of summer they may be fully exposed. They should be left in the bea until the ensuing spring, when they may be transplanted where they are wanted; and growth and handsome trees will follow. We know many are impatient of this small stuff to start with, but better that, and be sure of living trees, than to take large ones that Will die in a year For two or three years no great headway will be made, but after that, each year will pile on from two to three feet, and one can ascertain what five or ten years will then do for their young saplings. Within sight of where we write are trees toweringnp and towards the height of a respectable house—even evergreens, while such things as poplars, Ac., immense affairs—say fifteen inches through at the butt. These are really aged trees, for, be it known, these varieties that grow very fost, as an offset soon decay. Yet this place was as nature ’eft it but little more than a decade of years ago.’ This little tree and other plant question,

Is a string often harped upon by those who handle such things heavily and are best able to judge, yet none too much; get rid of this notion of forming a forest in a day and we shall see success oftener attend the set.lug out, and as result—a treeplanting mania set in.—Prairie Pamper. ’■