Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-01

| trunk to protect 1T from the ends of
the several stakes, which are then Sc
cured to 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-
tional care which is rs due in the crisis
of transplanting.
To make this lesson of the trees
security the more impressive, i show
side sketch at b which indicates the
bad predicament into which newly
| planted trees not rarely get. When L
say that 1 have seen unstaked 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
a common state. Not only does the
injury come from general loosening
up of the roots and their displacement,
but an opening is made around the
trunk which will fill with water, which
may cause damage in one of two ways;
first, water that follows readily down
the root hastens the softening process
of the soil, and further aids the loosen
ing of the roots; second, TO have water
stand next to the bark. which in case
of a sudden freeze up is turned to ice,
may work serious harm to the bark
throughout.
The advantages of this tripod method
of stalking trees 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-
caVated and filed in during the plant
ing process.
This method of stalking is suited to
trees in almost any situation. In the
street. for instance, by having two of
the stakes enter the soil at the curb.
and these spread a little farther apart
than the distance to the other stake.
the tree may be brought within foot
and half of the curb land it should
never be closer). II is at once apparent
how easily the tripod may be made
to serve as tree-guard against horses
and dogs by running wire, held in place
by staples, horizontally from stake to
stake around the tree The first wire
may be foot above the ground to adj
NIT of the lawn mower passing under
meath; above this they might be three
or four inches apart.
The plan here illustrated is best suit
ed to trees ranging from six to twelve
feet in height. In the case of trans
planting larger trees Except in the
street, the same plan may be modified
by substituting the use of wire for
the stakes. In that event the stays
may be attached higher up in the tree
than when stakes are used; even among
the branches, say at two-thirds the
height of the tree. provision being of
course made for attaching the wires
both in the tree and at the ground. In
the tree two iron half-bands fitted with
L ends and short bolts should be made
to tightly encircle the trunk at the
proper height. To this completed band
the wire stays are attached, extending
fast to three stout stakes driven into
the ground at equal distance apart and
some feet away from the tree Ordi-
nary fence wire will answer very well
for the purpose. If the trees are quite
large the wire may be doubled.
Some one may say that the stakes,
wires and the work involve expense.
This is true, but the outlay is a mere
trifie as compared to the cost and value
of the tree.-Elias A. Long. in American
Gardening.