The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-20

northwest the list for tbis n,,rnose has
practicai.Y simmered down to the Scotch
ana Whlte~SSnes and the Norway spruce,
with the Norway spruce far in the lead
The Scotch pine rams next i'll demand. /
find. This latter is the most rapid grow
ing in all of the evergreens, but is rather
coarse growing in habit. The Norway
spruce is fairly rapid grower. heavily
rooted, safe to transplant, more sym
metrical in form, and decidedly the ia
vorite as an all round evergreen, both
for shelter belts and single specimens.
All things considered, l would advise the
planting of Norway spruce three feet
high for our shelter belts Ihese can be
had for about twelve to sixteen cents
each if bought direct from the nursery:
which is the right way to buy trees ana
plants of all kinds. 80
Never set evergrees in a stiff SOD. II
possible have the land prepared one year
or more ahead That is, ii it is now IN
sod, plow a strip where you intend 10
plant your shelter belt ten or twelve feet
wide and work it thoroughly this sum-
Eler if you wish to put out your belt next
spring. Land should be in fairly good
condition but not freshly manured. by
have a strip worked up the width just
named, you will be able to cultivate both
sides of your rows, and this is what all
trees want. Cultivate this row just as
you would row OF corn. No extra care
is needed. Don't cultivate deep enough
to disturb the roots nor close enough 10
sway the tops mulch. Aside from these
precautions, / would add nothing to the
manner of corn culture. / find 1T all
right for my trees Cultivate for three
or four years and then seed down. if you
wish, and it will be all right with them.
Plant only in the spring.
Send your order in to the nursery, so
that your trees may be shipped just as
the buds are swelling nicely. Take the
cover off the box as soon as the trees
arrive wet down thoroughly. tops and
roots. before removing from box. Plant
as rapidly as possible, using water free
ly on both tops and roots, taking care
not to get the soil so "mushy" as to
allow the trees to sway about in the
wind. Water heavily every few days If
dry time comes on soon after plant
ing. and water occasionally through the
first summer. Use only good surface
soil against the roots in planting, and
tread heavily above the roots after all
the dirt is in place. Thorough f1rming
of the soil about the roots is one of the
principal points in successful tree plant
ing.
Evergreens For Ornament.
We find the list for this purpose quite
an extensive. one. In addition to
those named for shelter belts,
would particularly mention
| the arborvitaes for low ornamental
takes the lead-the spruces, white and
blue the red cedar, Austrian pine,
J cluster pine and balsam fir. For its
compact growth, beautiful color and
L
blue spruce at the head of the list for
single specimens in lawn planting. For
| grouping in parks and large grounds,
! the pines and Norway spruce are excel
| lent. AS a rule, these single specimens
| have to be planted in the sod. If prop
erly done, this is all right, but it is a
! waste of time, effort and money to
| chuck an evergreen, or any other tree IN
! fact into a tough sod, where only a
! small hole has been dug barely large
| enough to receive the roots. The right
! way is to cut out nice, true circle, at
least four feet across, peel off the sod
| and replace with nice mellow earth,
! spading the whole up together thorough
! ly and deeply, and plant as before di-
| rected, keeping the ground within this
| circle well cultivated for two or three
years, and then allowing it to grass
| cover.
! Another excellent use for evergreens,
especially in suburban grounds, is the
screening of unsightly objects, such as
| ut-buildings and the uns:ghtly pack
yards of adjacent lots. Here, again, the
| spruces are excellent, and Snould De
| planted about the same distance apart
! as directed for the shelter belt.
| One word of caution to those VINO are
planting in lawns and small grounds
! carefully take into consideration me
/ ultimate size and spead to which me
! tree will attain. Don't plant too thlckly
! A cluttered lawn or yard is an aooInl1ld-
| ton. both unsightly and unWnolesolne'
! Plant sparingly and seek to develop per
! fect SDecimenS.