The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-16
PLANTING TR RRs.

Now is the time for planting trees.
A tree should nevsr be oct 81 the
ground more than from two tn four
days before it 10 planted again. There
has been . great deal of complain,
lately about trees not dong well, and
there are several reasons Cor that Talk.
The first and the greatest causs IL that
most Of the trees that are shipped here
from the large nurseries at q distance
are dug up or plucked up by the acre
in the tall aud then pat In the ground
by ounches, and whenever there i. any
hard frost in winter the frost goes down
TO the roots. bad some experiences N
that thing when l moved 10 my present
place. had 10 throw away two or
three thousand trees. RI the roots are
injured the tree isn't OF much use. An
r,ser csnse IL that they are too long on
she way. They lie around at the
railroad depots and steam boat land
ings day After day, with hardly any
thing around them. exposed 70 the sun
and wind. and packed ia such large
punches that no one man can Inf; them.
You will find those on the outside 81
the bundle With all toe bark rubbed off
/ saw large bundle last spring on the
wharf with scarcely anything
around the roots; they lad there day
after day. and yet saw 9 notice IN the
Post that the same person those trees
came froW will psck trees better than
anyone else. II this IL the kind Of
packing and treatment. / don't woDder
An.tt A. W. h.. ~
the Sound will send after such trees
because they think they Can get them
cheaper and larger than home grown
trees, What - the use of larger Tree
with q poor rooti a one year old tree
vita u good root will make . better
tree n hys ye,fs than the large trees
referred 10. 1t is inst rs bad TO keep
the roots OF trees out Of The ground o
long time, exposed 10 the SUI aud wind
as it is ~ keep fab ont III water.
Now some people will ask why that. is.
Just for this reason: the zap " tree IL
the life of the tree; II you take toe sap,
from the tree. tho tree will die. II you
taxa the fish out Of the water il wall
soon dis.s Ii you keep the roots Of q
tree OK posed 10 sun and wind for sew
.ersl days, the sap gyts dried up and it
becomes stagDant and dead. But tie
Vancouver nursery men think there are
no other nurserymen in the United
States. 10 their ad vertisement they
say they will pack trees better than
any body else. This woald imply that
nobody else knows the nurse ~ business
bat themselves; but j can assure them
that there are other people who have
been raised to the nursery business rs
well as they, aud, will venture TO say,
know as much about the business ss
they do. But this talk mIy not be
Cook IL Sons talk; IL may bs only
their agents talk. and it may TO himself
that knows 80 much about the nursery
business. II 50. would like ~ kndw.
the nursery where be served his sppren.
ticeshlp, for don't think they did him
justice as q narseryman. There are
very few nurserymen who viii say thcy
know better than any Of their bretha
rem.
Another cause Tor trees not growing.
and particularly on dry ground. ia that
they are planted late in the spring.
when dry weather sets in before the
ROOFS get u good start All trees shonid
have n strong stake driven into The
ground 10 tie each tree to When you
plant It. to keep 1t FROM blowing to aud
iro. aud thou toe young roots will start
out evenly and the tree become perfect
aud firm. In planting young trees. al
ways cut OIL oil OF tue young wood that
the tree has made tho year previous.
As the root have been cut away, 80
should the top. 10, order 70 start vig-
oroas growth to the tree. But hear in
mini, tree should be dug one day and
planted the next. IL possible
eRY @. W. LAwroS,
Seattle. Nov. 18th. 1850.