Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-09
Horticultural Notes.

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In making your plans for the next year
have some systematic method, and work
to it.
Look over your trees of every descrip-
ton during the winter. The shade trees
around your dwelling may be needing
pruning. During the winter months,
when your farm work 10 not pressing, is
the best time to do it. Here and there
YOU may find tree with an unshapelv
top on side. Cut all such out, and re-
member in doing so that the new
branches which it will send out will
grow much faster than the old ones left
on the tree, and if you want to give
your tree an even head, it will be ncces-
sary to cut then out and make calcula
tions for the new growth to even 1t up.
Nothing adds more to the pleasant ap'
pearence of home during the winter
than few evcrgreens around the yard
or lawn, but care should be exercised i'll
their selection. Among our best ever
green's are the red cedar that grows
along our creek bluffs, which may be
taken up on any dav when the air is
damp and not frosty, and if the roots
are we'll wrapped and not exposed to
the sun or air, are quite easily trans
planted, if not too large. 1t is not best
to attempt to transplant them from the
woods if over two feet in height, al
though when grown in nursery and
frequently transplanted, giving them an
abundance of fbrous roots, they are al
most sure to grow If three or four feet
high.
Last spring, got 4S evergreens from
All evergreen specialist, all Of which had
been frequently transplanted in the nur-
sery before l received them. They con-
sisted of Scotch Pine, NORWAY Spruce,
American Arbor Vitae, Siberian Arbor
Vitae, and Irish Juniper, and ranged in
height from three to four feet, and out of
the 4S only lost two, and | think that
lost them on account of exposing the
roots to the air little too long. | also
received eight White Pines, from two to
three feet, from nursery in an adjoining
county. The roots were large, with
very few fibrous roots, showing that
they had not been transplanted i'll the
nursery, and out of eight lost five, al
though planted with more care than the
other As. This same nursery sent me
twelve white althcas, every one of which
proved to be red; also 20 Pocklington
grapes, and 40 Martha grapes, all of
which proved to be Clintons, and other
things equally at variance from their bill.
Yet, this same nursery has several men
employed in this county, pushing their
stock at fabulous prices, as more reliable
than what can be got from Garnett
dealers. 1t is needless to add that they
have new men on the ground each year,
so that all mistakes () of this kind can
be laid to the other fellow-who never
comes back. will state however, that
l made my order direct to the house and
not through any agent, and paid for the
stock before received it from the depot;
but when | write to them about rectify-
ing their mistake ~ they do not answer
my letters Being suspicious of the ap-
pearance of the stock when received it,
never offered it for sale.
But this is diverging from what |
l started out to say about evergreens
For rapid growth and stately, hand
some tree, l would recommend the fol
lowing i'll the order named:
Scotch or Austrian pine, Norway
Spruce and White Pine These all grow
fast and keep their bright green color all
winter. They make excellent wind
breaks. The red cedar does well, but, as
it becomes of a dull reddish tint late i'll
the winter and spring is not so hand |
some.
For bright, compact, round lawn
tree that holds its color the same dark |
greer at all times-I know of nothing
better than the Siberian Arbor Vitae, I'M
Jess it be the Hemlock Spruce. The only
objection to them is their slow growth.
The Irish juniper and Arbor Vitae
make beautiful ornamental
tree for planting along walks for orna-
ment, but, as the branches grow up i'll
almost perpendicular FORM similar to
the Lombardy poplar, they make
better green column than they do shade.
There is nothing that equals them,
however, for cenetery planting and for
small lots where they are wanted more
for ornament than shade. Having test
ed them both. know that they are per
fectly hardy in this section
The American Arbor Vitae is good,
rapid grower, but does not hold ito
bright green color all the year. There
are several other species of the Arbor