The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-08
Tree Planring-rime When.

Editor Morning NelcS: In your article
on the Public Squares aud Tree Planting"
you say: at may be that the reason SO
many Of the trees that are planted do not
live is that they are not properly planted. {"
True. Mr.. Editor. they are not properly
planted for the reason that the spring is not
the time to plant trees Any one at all
posted in the laws Of nature and the growth
OF q tree should know that the fall Is the
time to plant trees. Nature so declares and
observation but bears out the voice of
nature.
am not theorist, but reasoner and
observer. AS soon as the heavy dews of
fall begin, nature through her laws tells us
that the eal "a is giving of its heat that the
soil is beginning to get cold that the leaves
have ceased TO absorb heat from the same I;
that the suction of the leaves have ceased
to act as pumps to draw moisture from the
coil The soil is then warmer one, two and
three feet below than on top; but, as fall
and winter grow upon us, the soil Is chilled
one, two and three feet, and by March is
thoroughly chilled.
True, spring begins, but TO put tree in
the ground then, with the rays Of the sun
beginning to draw upon the body and
limbs of o tree then planted, is TO kill it.
The roots have not taken hold in the soil,
they have no vitality TO sustain them
against the drawing heat of a spring and
summer sun, and hence they die. Look at
the bark on the beanpole trees planted
and you see 1t peels off easily, the effect of
the cooking Of the SUMS heat through the
summer. Had the trees been planted in the
fall, in October, aud not later, the roots by
January would Ia the warm soil Of al Oc-
tober planting have taken on new roots and
hold. The tree could then respond to the
heat of spring and summer. The philosophy
is simple enough.
Put chlld or any one elsa between damp
sheets and what is the RESULT A cold or
death; the damp sheets take from the body
the heat necessary to health. So of damp,
chilled soil; 1t takes from the young and
tender roots, rootlets aud hair libers which
60 to give life to the tree their heat; in fact,
they die very soon IN a cold soil. The tree
can have no vigor, and it may make a
showing of some life, but in another season
it is only fit for fire wood.
There is In tree planting, as 10 every
thing else the time when, the how. and the
manure. If our city fathers, those whose
business it is to look aftsr the planting of
trees, will Insist that the spring is the prop
er season | have only this to say to them
Assist nature by protecting the tree, put
white cloth from the bottom to the TOP of
the tree to keep of the rays and suction
power of the sun, and water the trees two
and three times a week. That will help
nature some, but If common sense
is allowed full play, then, to save all that
trouble, plant the trees in September and
October. See that the trees have from two
to three feet of roots, and that the young
roots, especially. be guarded with care.
Put into the tree holes some rapidly decom-
posing matter, so that in the decomposition
Of such matter the earth will be heated and
kept heated until the roots have taken hold.
Plant the trees as they are taken from
their place, north side to north side, south
side to south side, as it is all important, for
the bark most exposed to the sun is thicker
than that on the north side and can better
stand the heat of the sun. could elaborate
this article. but it is not necessary; any
thinker can see the point. r. ID. 0.