The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-11-18
plantlngAnd Care of Trees.

following interesting article on trees 10
a late issue of the Denver Post:
indeed man must have heart or
iron OF a soulless body If he could not
see and ENJOY those brilliant autumn
colors of nature now prevalent every
where. Even the mountain slopes show
large red spots of the poison ivy con-
trasting splendidly with the golden hue
Of the quaking asp and the dark green
of the spruce and pines. The one plant
which usually furnishes the largest part
of our autumnal red, the Virginia
creeper, has, sorry to say, been de-
youred this season by pesky little fly
which seems to be everywhere all over
the city. Still. saw cross fence COW
cred with this hardy climber some
where on Pennsylvania avenue, eradi-
ating in such superb dark red that 1t
attracting at once the eyes of every
passer-by.
And then there are the naples, rival
ing with the ampelopsis in natures
daintiest tints. Take il all in all, the
soft maple is one of our best and most
suitable shade trees since the ash re-
ceived such terrible setback with the
,nno,r,pca nf thu horpra
AS far as could observe there will
not be dozen living ash trees In Den
yer when spring time comes, and the
sooner we put. up with this fact the
better for us. For this case, as in
many others, an ounce of prevention
would beat ten pounds Of cure. As
soon as our entomOlogists can tell us
the habits and manner of life OF the
borer just as soon will we know how to
protect our trees against them, but up
to date we are cropping in the dark about
our defense against this plague.
But while we are speaking OF insects
we might as well learn something use.
full about those pesky leaf-roliers which
usually appear in May and destroy the
beauty of box elders and naples. Have
you not spent money every spring for
the spraying Of your treesp Yes. vop
bave, for sosne faxir susd you hs- cou'ei
kill the worms. II you told me the
truth you will admit that he has never.
never done so. Now think a minute.
You know that the leaf f-roller protects
itself as soon as hatched by rolling up a
part of q young leaf, and 1t you spray
all day You could not hurt him. You
spend your money for useless effort
and the fakir, who knows better, Laughs
at your f0olishness.
There is only one way to destroy the
leaf-roller and now comes the time to
do it. When the leaves have fallen and
the brauchea are exposed you can de
tect the clusters of eggs of this insect
they can be reached and DESTROYED bS
spraying and whitewashing, and by this
method only. Have it done now and
YOU will have no leaf rollers in the
spring.
While we are speaking of maple trees
it is well worth mentioning that the
soft marle should be transplanted in
the fall. any time between Oct. Is and
Dec. i. as it will then not suffer near
so much as when transplanted in the
spring. But it must be done carefully
and good with as many roots preserved
as possible, and the roots should not be
allowed to dry out or be exposed to the
air for any length of time.
A comparison is often made between
the growth of trees in the East and in
our state, for the difference is at once
striking. One must not forget. how
ever, that trees with us grow under
unnatural conditions, viz: irrigation.
AS a rule we irrigate three times too
much, and as a consequence our trees
are Overgrown. The danger OF eariY
SHOWS and high winds compels us to
trim and cut down what We have en-
joyed in the summer But trim We
must, and 1t should all be done before
cold weather and never in tile spring
This is true of fruit as well as Of shade
trees, and kind does not make any diff
ference, only with fruit trees you NAV
wait till the leaves have fallen.
Many trees, varieties as well as indi-
yidualS which had fheretOfOre proved