The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-09
Trees for CITY Planting.

and read before the Cook County
Farmers Institute. We publish it for !
the reason. that much of it applies TO
transplanting in the country as well
as IN the city)
One Goes not have 10 travel far IN
this city to become aware Of the faet
that a great many mistakes are peihs
made annually by the inludicious
planting Of trees and shrubs, insult
able for the condition Of soil and al
mosphere which exist. The constant
smoke and gases which they are SUD
iected to In addition to the numerous
insects which infest them. make Il
hard matter to get a good shade tree
established. presume most all OF you
who live in the city have had more OF
less experience in procuring suitable
trees for your own yards and lines,
and know how discouraging Il Is % lay
out from ten to fifty dollars for tree
and then 10 have It die the following
season or perhaps live a year OF TWO
in an almost dormant state and then
perish as is very often the case. Now
there are a great many reasons Why
these failures occur One Of the main
reasons / think is the planting OF trees
taken out Of the forest, dug up by in
experienced hands, loaded on an open
freight car with little OF no protection
for the roots. and exposed to the air
and frost for a period Of a week or ten
days and sometimes much longer. In
most cases these forest trees have very
few fbrous roots and have obtained
the substances by which they exist
through the main roots. These main
roots are usually cut quite short and
at times 10 such an extent that It Is
impossible for the tree to obtain suf-
feient nourishment Thereby being
forced to make new roots under such
unfayorable conditions that 1t Is re-
markable that such large proportion
Of the trees so obtained can recuperate.
AS general rule trees out Of the for
est are inclined to be tail and spind-
ling. owing to insufficient light 70 de-
vel0p the lower branches. which neces-
states severe trimming on top to force
It into a more syinetrieal shape and
also to keep the wind from tossing II
about. In the planting of small for
est trees not larger than 3i6 inches in
diameter the loss is not so great as
with larger ones, for the reason that
the roots have not spread so far which
enables them to be handled with more
safety. AS nursery grown trees can
be purchased for a very little more
than forest trees would recommend
the planting OF them instead. Ny
reasons for recommending them ars
these:
First, because the nursery grown
trees have been transplanted before
and have plenty Of hbrous roots close
to the trunk Of the tree.
Second, the nursery trees have had
more room to grow and as a conse.
quencc do not need any severe trim
ming.
Third, the nursery trees will start
to grow at once which is not often the
case with a forest tree
In planting trees one should see thai
the hole is made plenty large enough
so as not to eramp the roots. Set Tho
trees so that the top Of the ball ii
about s or 6 inches below the surface
Of the ground, taking pains to see tha
the roots are all Strengthened out
Then throw in the fine dirt at the same
time poking It wen between the roots
wnscn viii MAKE the tree stand frmer
When the hole Is nearly filled viii
earth and water can be had good plaI
Is TO soalc it thoroughly This vii
settle the earth so that the air can
not get to the roots through any crey
ices which might otherwise have beer
left open. Where the soil Is very poo
and sandy such as We find on the soutl
side Of the city it Is always best t.
MI the hole with some good black soil
The best time TO plant trees AM
shrubs is in the spring just as soon a
the frost is out Of the ground. say fror
the middle Of March to the goth O
April. although trees are sometime
transplanted very successfully IN tn
fan when they are mulched, and wrap
ped with hay or straw. Trees can ais
be successfully transplanted in mid
winter This Is best accomplished b.
digging the ball free and allowing !
10 freeze over night and then move
tie next day. Among the best trees 70
city planting are the Ulmus American
OF American elm. Fraxinus Am. An
ash, Telia Am. or Am. Linden. Caltal
pa bignonoides. Acer Dasycarpum 0
soft maple, Acer platannides or NoI
way maple, Piatanus Orientalis o
Oriental plane tree. Acsr Negunds
Salix aha OF white willow. Celtis Ok
cidentalis or blackberry. and Populu
Carolinsian or Carolina poplar. tn
American elm ] think IS the best tre
for lines. providing good stock can b
procured and care taken In plantin
them. For a line tree where the groun
is poor and sandy the Carolina popla
does the best 1t does not seem to B
easily affected by smoke. and grow
} very raoiflv. The oniv difference ht