News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-20
Tree Planting.

The planting of trees is matter in
which all are interested, and yet how
little understood by the people general
". II we would bestow a little
thought upon what our eyes see, i'm
portanta lessons may be learned.
What boy, woman or man, but some
time has desired and tried to plant
one or more trees, hoping some day
to enjoy it and 10 point with just pride
to the work of their hands, and who,
if they had been successful in their
first attempt, would have added plea
sure, comfort and wealth for themselves
and for the world. But disap-
pointment attended their first effort,
and they never tried again. Now,
let me tell you just how you failed
and how you may succeed. You
went into the thicl1et where the trees
grew Taught and smooth and picked
out the incest, took them up and set
them, probably carefully enough, and
attended them with care enough, but
they died. Yon did not know why
YOU became discouraged, and did not
| try again. The difficulty was, the
tree was not acclimated to the more
exposed position in which it was plan
ted. Who has not noticed that q
tree growing in the open field clothes
its body with branches and, foliage
nearly to the ground? And why
That it may be protected in its expos
ed position. Who has not observed
when cutting off strip of timber and
exposing to outside influences the
sturdy original growth of the forest:
that in the course Of two or three
years the standing trees will die two
or three rods deep into the newly
exposed timber simply because they
have been bereft Of their natural
protection and exposed to influences
for which they were not accllmated'
Now, let us try our pet idea again.
and see if we fail in setting our next
shade trees. Do not wait until you
forget our suggestion, but try it this
spring; choose your trees from the
outside instead of the inside, where
thew have been made hardy from eX.
posure, no matter whether it be maple,
elm, hickory or Eastwood; you need
| not look nor expect to get such beau
ties as could be found in the thicket
but our word for it they will grow to
it and be all you desire. Your hopes
viii be gratified success will stimu-
late courage and knowledge how to
do it, and great good will be the re-
suit. Take up the tree carefully,
me- King chalk mark upon the north
side, so it ~ y be set with the same
side to the north save all the roots
YOU can; trim the top in the most de-
sirable shape in the proportion to loss
of root; dig hole, large and deel
enough that the roots may be laid out
strait in their natural position, being
careful not to turn or cramp the roots
to get them into too small a hole, fol
it would stop the free circulation O.
sap; the more of soil or sod moved
with the tree and not shaken from the
roots the better, for it secures more
perfectly the natural position of tht
roots. Set about two or,three inches
deeper than it stood originally; mulcl
quite freely with coarse straw Of
leaves to carry it over the droGghts
and nine out of every ten will 1--we tx
reward the effort. Do not try t.
make upland trees live on lowland
neither select lowland trees for uplant
setting, but select the trees suited t.
the conditions in which you wish then
to orow.-Mjrro~ and Farmer.