Cañon City record., 1897-12-30

trunk to protect it from the ends o.
the several stakes, which are then Sc
cured 10 the trunk. and TO one another
by means of tarred cord or by wire.
Such a tree is held perfectly secure
Surely it is giving the subject the ra-
iional care which IL its due in the crisis
of transplnnting.
To make this lessor of the trees
security the more impressive. show a
side sketch at b which indicates the
bad predicament into which newly
planted trees not rarely get. When !
say that ] have seen unstsked fall
planted trees literally blown from the
ground before spring. this present
sketch need not be looked upon as
fanciful- 1t represents, in fact, quite
common state Not onls does the
injury come from general loosening
up of the roots and their displacement.
but an opening Is made around the
trunk which will Ill with water, which
may cause damage in one of two ways;
FIRST, water that follows readily down
the root hastens he sofiening process
Of the soil. end further aids the loosen
ing of the roots; second, 10 have water
of sudden freeze up is turned TO ice.
may work serious harm TO the bark
throughout
The advantagrs Of this tripod method
OF stalking tre.s over the single stake
plan are several; first. the tree is held
more firmly In place than Is POSSIBLE
to be done with the use of but one
stake: secondly. these stakes are not
driven into fresh earth, but into that
Just outside of the hole that was ex-
casated and filed IN during the plant
ing process.
This method OF stalking is suited to
trees in almost any situation- In the
street. Tor instance. by having two Of
the stakes enter the soil at the curb.
and these spread little farther apart
Than the distance TO the other stake.
the tree mar he brought within a foot
and a half OF the curb land IL should
never be cioser). II is at once apparent
how easily The tripod may be made
to serve MS n tree-guard against horses
and dogs hy running wire, held in place
by staples. horizontally from stake to
stake around the tree The first wire
may be "A foot above the ground 10 adj
init OF ;b- lawn mower passing under
meath; a,,oyc this they might be three
OF four inches apart
The plan here illustrated is best suit
cd TO ,reea ranging from six to twelve
feet in height. In the case of trans
planting larger trees (except in the
streei) the same plan may be modified
by substituting the use of wire for
the staLes. In that event the stays
tnay be attached higher up in the tree
than when stakes are used. even among
the branches, say at two-thirtls the
height OF the tree. provision Icing of
course made for attaching the wires
both in the tree and n; the ground. In
the tree two iro, hnlf-baris Gifted with
L ends and short bolts she uld lic made
to tightly encircir the irnrk 81 the
proper height. To this enfr rieisd band
the wire stays are attached. cxtendine
to the ground. Here they are mnde
fast to three stout staLeS driven into
the ground at equal distance apart and
some feet away from the trcc. ordi-
nary fence wire Will answer very well
for the purpose. II The trees are quite
large the wire mny he doubled.
Some one may say that the stakes.
wires and the work involve expense.
This In true. but 'he outlay is a mere
trifie as compared TO the cost and value
of the trec.-Elias \. Long, in American
Gardening.