Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-20

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al have Just purchased a house
and lot and there is not q tree of any
kind about it, aud / am i'm q hurry 10
get shade trees around the house
Would you advise me to get naples,
and IL SO had / better get small ones.
and leave on all the branches, or
would itbe better to get larger ones
and cut the branches and tops of?
Would not willow trees grow fast
and Ieok well until the naples were
large enough for ornahlentp Which
Is the best way, to get little willow
trees, or stick willow poles In the
ground? Ihave heard that q willow
pole set out top end In the ground,
would make a weeping Willows IL
SO? / also want to seed down the
front yard what shall / use that will
make the incest grass plots, and do
il the quickest? About what time
this fall shall I set out the trees and
seed down the yard?n
Questions similar to preceding are
constantly occurring to every one
who occupies q new place. 1t often
becomes very desirable to plant trees
that grow fast, and to select those
which will furnish a shade the SOON
est.
Several different kinds properly
arranged, have a much better appear
ance than plantations of u single sort
and we would name among the rap
id growers, the silver maple, the
European larcfi, chestnut, the com
mon or American elm. the black
walnut, and for the remote parts of
the ground. a few ailauthus Trees
The silver poplar Is an exceedingly
rapid grower. and or two in q
plantation make a fine appearance.
the strong objection 10 its %suckeriug
being partly removed hy planting il
where these would be less objection
able, and digging the suckers up
carefully a few times while in leaf
and growing, and not In spring be-
fore the leaves appear.
Some of the oaks when they be-
come old and spreading are the finest
Of all shade trees, and although
slower of growth, should not be
omitted in a plantation of any con-
siderable extent. A few evergreens |
may he inferspersed among the other
trses-ihe Norway spruce is hardy |
and a fast grower. Among all the |
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dent may select such as are must nc
cessible to him. |
There il one essential for success |
which he. must not overlook, and !
that Is tn secure good roots To his |
trees and to have them well set out.
If the whole surface of the ground |
can be kept we'll cultivated for a few
years. thew will grow twice or three
times "a fast as If i'm grass. We
know nothing Of the plan and ex. |
tent of his intended ground. but 1t
frequently happens that for the pres
ent a small lawn or piece of grass
Immediately about the house, will
answer. aud the more remote parts,
planted with the larger trees may be
kept cultivated with p~otatoes, beans
or carrots, until the trees get q lair
start when this part also may be
seeded down.
In answer to the inquiry relative
to heading back newIy-set naples,
they should be severely cut back
only In case the roots have been
roughly handled and cut off. 1t Is
better to secure the roots as perfectly
as possible, and to cut back moder-
ately. Always do it before the buds
swell. You will save two or three
years if you IAN obtain good willow
trees, instead of growing them from
cutting. The story that q weeping
willow may be made by setting q
pole of the common willow inverted
into the soil, is as true as the one
that u hedge hog may be made by
hanging up a common pig by the
tail.
The trees may be set out at any
time in autumn or spring when not
in leaf, and when the weather 10 not
freezing, but ii any of them are taxi
EN- from the sheltered borders of the
forest, they will be more exposed
when set out, and possibly be in dan
ger by the change and by the multi
lation of removal, of being injured
by the cold of winter. 1t would
therefore be better in such q case to
set out i'm spring.
A good lawn may he obtained In
two ways. The quickest, but most
expensive and laborious Is to cover
the surface with turf. The ground
where they are to be placed, should
first be made smooth, even and mel
low and If q quantity of manure
Is worked well into the soil, Ii will
help the grass and give it a fresh,
green appearance.
Then select a portion of pasture or
other good grass, cut it into straight
square, uniform pieces, all of equal
thickness, and place them smoothly
on the prepared surface. They
should be laid as evenly as q floor,
and then the whole rolled smooth
Large lawns have been made OF turf
by cutting 1T up In strips with mathe
NAUTICAL accuracy, by means of q sort
of shaving or pairing plow, the thick
ness of the turf being accurately
gagged. The cheaper, easier, and
more common mode, Is tn SOW grass
seed on a smooth, iine. well prepared
surface, about An times as thick as
for common farm seeding and rolling
smnth.
Red top is the best. and the sowing
may be done late in summer; or
la autumn il the soil IL moist, or
early Ia foil wing spring. In two
months from spring sowing. IL will
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