The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-29
EvergreenS.

The value CT the evergreen IN Ori1-
mental planting and in shelter peits
has not yet been sufficiently appre-
ciated in our state. Magnificent ever
green groves demonstrate TO all VINO
have seen them that quite a NUMBER
of everereens are not only at home o.
our soil, but can be made OF great
value in protecting against pleaN
winds and in identifying home
grounds writes E. F. Stephens in the
Nebraska Farmer. The Austrian pine.
Scotch pine, White pine, Pinus Pom
derosa, the Black Hills spruce, ana
WI ere care is given to retain the SUD
soil moisture, the Norway spruce anc
the Red cedar all succeed very readliy.
In sheltered locations and in groups
the Balsam fir succeeds. There are
also many beautiful trees OF Plcea
Pungens, Abies Douglasii and Aoles
Concolor in the grounds OF many gen
tlemen in the state who have taken
an interest In planting and cultivating
these choice coniferS from Colorado
Doubtless evergreenS would be used
much more abundantly if the proper
method for handling them was better
understood. Too many in purchasing
eyergreens. purchase large trees, fror
three to four feet in height. Oh course
in their removal they lose part OF their
roots. The evergreen retaining ali q
its needles suffers heavily from
evaporation. 1t is not often cut foack
in transplanting like a deciduous tree
and should the weather just for few
days after transplanting a tree above
two feet in height be very dry OF
windy the loss by evaporation is eXces-
sive.
The writer planted $4,000 evergreens
on one contract, saving so per cent
This on land the first year after break
ing, and using trees from nine to i
inches in height. In using trees OF
this size and In age from three to five
years, according to varieties and the
season. there is but little difficulty in
the successful transplanting of ever
greens.
The essentials of success are that
the roots should have been success
fully protected from sun and wind
and that the soil should be packed
firmly TO the roots, and that the sue
ceeding cultivation should be so fire.
quent as to retain a reasonable supply
of moisture Those who commence
with trees from eight to II or Il to Is
inches in height that have not already
been transplanted at least once in the
nursery, should plan TO give them
shelter the first season, and give them
nursery or garden cultivation.
Would not regard it as wise for the
inexperienced planter to begin with
trees as small as two years. The first
year the seedlings are very carefully
shaded in the seed bed. The second
year they are often allowed to stand
three years in the seed bed before be-
ing transplanted to more roomy beds
In our climate we have found ii
useful in the handling Of trees even
ten to Is inches in height, to give
screens of brush or other shelter.
Drive stakes in the ground and at a
height of three feet from the ground
nail on fencing; stretch brush across
this, and shelter from strong wind on
the south side. All this can be done
with brush. Do not have the shade
too dense Give them partial sun and
transplanting is easy from the Seeding
bed TO the transplanting bed. After
trees have been transplanted once into
nursery rows they can then be planted
direct into open ground. If they have
been transplanted once in the nursery
before they attain the height of u or
Is inches they may then be lined out
where they are to remain in wind
breaks or groves, being careful to give
frequent cultivation to retain mois-
ture.
1t is essential that young evergreens
should be frequently and carefully
cultivated until they are large enough
to entirely shade the ground around
about them. The value of a well
established windbreak should be felt
to be appreciated.