The Meeker herald., 1888-11-10
TREES w,LLAR.vE.
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Following is tho suh9 nns Of II
Washington special to tle Dolyer Re-
publican. and IL will prove . lhtercs, Ia
those OF our readers whd ;crtsmplnle
the planting OF trees:
The Department Of sylic.i.ure has
i, lssxntaLQIsse salthss II SNs~sstons
/ found, 1t IL said, that Il tSN.s dsE
especially IN the sectioA afpfntr f,e"-
Yer and Colorado SPRINGS, suffer prin-
,eip,l,y from extreme Temps liurss with
sudden changes aud fFom L'rs OF rain
To supply the needed moisture for III.
roots. Truly. iddced, this IN not
I favorable climate for the growth OF
trees. lhe conditions are not all un-
/ favorable, and, notwithstanding the
many drawbacks. trees will and do grow
in Colorado and Ill tic objects for
which they are Intended. The follow
ing suggestions are offered:
Those localities should be selected
| for planting. II thcr. bc choice.
which. by the conllguraiipn Of ;he
ground. will be most protected. Among
the mountains this will Is o. the north
-fn slopes, where the rays ot the Sun
I M. least powerful and evaporation h
/ least rapid. II possible, the useful oper-
alton of plow'iug and cnl,,sai.ng Tie
ground before planting should be rer-
formed. In this WHY the soil. besides
b.ln. broken anu sIiien.i, Will b. III
much better condition To hold moisture
and wall require less irrigation thnn
otherwise.
s.'ChOos. those trees that arr hardy,
rapid and vigorous III thc.r growth,
/ Tho following have been found Ia
ihEiv. we'll here wl.sn planted under
I the pTopsr conditions: soft nni silver
maple. iox-ci,irr OF ash.lray.i maple,
white elm. rcd elm. white ash, black
walnut. bullcTnut. AinrT.caA chestnut.
black OF yellow locust. h' ucy-loruNi.
! American linden ur password. hlacs
cherry. black hlgol. red oak, pine oak.
black alder. Russian mu!'vrry. mount
ain ash. and ,hr man, varieties o! Pop.
lars aud willows.
Foreign eonifcts have no. succeeded
well as yr;. From the nature of ihrls
lo!iagc they srcn Ia hc less all. 10 en-
dur, the hb, run mud dry atmosphere
than d-r.duous trees. Evrn tho native
conifcrs from the mountalrs arc dlili-
sssrih,s sisth II 3. stSHs7ltns = "a A.s and *:
rosurc. snd only succeed with the
creates, carr.
Plant In the spring rs early a. pnssi-
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II possible. sr.sc, ,rccs which have
grown IN nurscry Ia this climate u,
least one year In r.cIcrcucr IN irctS
brought from lower elevations anil dii-
irrrni conditions. Ia general u Is lSci-
ter to buy small trees than aliemp; Ia
raise lrom seeds. which requires i,ccu.
liar and careful treatment.
"Dig large holes. much larger than
arc needed for the rpp,s 81 the tree.
cover The hul;um Cf the hole with six
inches of gnoI top soil mixc,l II possi-
bic. with i,ttl- manure. Just before
plnniin. iill the iioic with wntrT. Plan,
the tree liiil. d.pct thhn !, was before
aud spread out the rpplets. sitting the
dirt well around ;irm and stamping II
down solid. \ mulching nuund the
tree. IL nothing more than of small
stones. will be of much benefit 10 pre-
vent the rapid drying of ,lrr ground.
The irrigation ditch should uu two %!
three feet from lhc tree. and n small
branch ditch carried ufuund a foot from
the trunk. IN which the water may
stand and soak into the ground. Ia dry
weather irrigair once week. aud dur
ing the raiuy season only when the tree
seems To- need It. Irrigaie in the
autumn nj such time M TO freeze the
soil around the tree. and two or thre,
times IN tie latter part Of the winter
when continued warm. dry weather oc'
ours: Remember that n tree may hav,
too much water. even In this dry eli
mate. Snow heapcd around the tree I,
beneficial. During the winter mating
should lie wrapped around the trunk tc
protect It from san au'l wind.
, with such irea,mcn, trees may hs
/. made to succeed well in this hati eli
mate. and though never so rapid and
luxuriant in their growth as in lower
elevations, they viii amply repay tht
! planter.
Nowhere arc trees more needed thar
/ In this State. and nowhere should NOR,
efforts bc mnde 10 obtain them. The,
should I've planted ON the plains for shell
ter and TO hold the little moisture that
falls. They shculd bc planted on III,
| mountains TO store up the rainfall and
keep the streams iull. They should bt
. planted everywhere TO bring to this bar
/ ren region their beneficial influences.
, with trees. as in all things, 1t is tlis
first step that costs. Each growing tie,
: tends TO make its surroundings more
/ adapted TO Its needs. aud as trees nv,
/ multiplied the climate must nccessarii.
, change. The currents Of air will b,
= checked and modified, preventing The
high winds. sudden changes and great
; extremes " temperature. The rainfall
$ will be retained longer in the ground
providing more moisture for the tree tC
, carry through It's leaves TO the atmos
pherc and increasing the humidity
, The air being mnisier, there will bt
more fugs and mists, aud consequently
, more modified and less sunshine ant
less radiation. Evaporation will bt
. also retarded 10y the mechanical oh