The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-09-24
CULTURE OF TREES.
SUGGESTIONS FOR TRANSATLANTIC
AND CARING FOR THEM.

| The Organization of Clubs In Towns
and villages to Take Charge of the
| WOrk-Pruning, Planting and Sup
| porting Trees.
| The residents of every town Or viii
| lage would do we'll to organize a club
for the promotion of tree culture. Aft
| er such an organization has been eff
| fected and after the local conditions
| have been carefully surveyed it should
| be del ermined what trees should be
| saved and what ones should be re-
| moved Then those worth saving
should be trimmed and guarded, while
new trees should be planted in the
| places OF sickly, deformed or injured
| ones. All the residents should feel
that they have an interest in every
| tree. Every one should be willing tC
sacrifice individual interest for general
| welfare. People would learn to say Of
| trees thus planted and protected not
| "my trees" but "our trees;' sense OF
common property, common interest
| a common guardianship, would prevail.
| TRANSPORTING is at best a forcible
operation, and injury to the roots, al
though it may be small, is almost I'M.
avOidable, writes Lewis Collins, secrer
tary of the Tree Planting and Fountain
society Of Brooklyn, in the Municipal
| Journal ana Engineer. The roots are
| the life of the tree and need the most
attention. In taking up tree for
| tranSplanting the greatest care must
be exercised to secure as much Of the
ing roots and branches is almost al
| ways necessary, but must be done with
great care, especially as to root prun-
ing. The cutting at the roots should
be as little as possible, only removing
with clean, sharp cut the bruised and
broken parts. Extra long taproots
may be cut away, but all the small
roots should be preserved. The cut
ting Of the tap is done to bring crown
and root into proportion; the more loss
at the root system has been expert
enced the more need Of reducing the
crown system. Larger trees, there
fore, require mostly severer pruning,
especially on poor soil. Yet If there be
dbrous roots enough to sustain great
evaporation from the crown the less
cut the better.
With large trees severe pruning Il
less dangerous than too little. A clean
cut as close as possible to the stem or
remaining branch will facilitate the
healing Of the wound. No stumps
should be left. This applies to decidu-
| GUS trees and not to conifers. Shorten.
ms ut the end shoots to one-half or
two-thirds Of their length may be done
| little above bud which Is to take
the lead. AS rule, the pruning for
symmetry should have been done q
year or so before transplanting, but
may be done year after.
Planting is best done by two or three
persons. One, who manipulates the
tree, is the planter and responsible for
the result; the others do the spading
unde- his direction. If the root system
is developed sideways, but not central.
ly, as Is often the case, a ht,l should
be raised in the hole to fill our the va
cant space in the root system. The
earth Of the hill should be pressed
down to prevent settling. Whep the
hole is In order, the planter holds the
tree in the proper place. The others
spread the roots into a natural posi-
ton, then fill in the soil, using the good
soil first-small spadefuls deliberately
thrown over the roots in all directions
while the planter by slight shaking
and pumping up and down of the stem
aids the earth In settling around the
rootlets.
A close contact of the soil with the
rootlets Is the secret of success In
planting. Only fine, mellow soil. not
too moist and free from stones, will
permit such close adjustment to the
rootlets, which should also be aided BY
hand and fingers filling in every crew
Ice, The planter while setting the tree
must exercise care to keep 1t in proper
position and vertical until the soil "a
packed 30 Al to keep 1t in place; thsn
the others rapidly fill the hole, the
planter treading down the soil firmly
after sufficient quantity is flied In,
finishing OF little above the general
level to allow for settling. Great care
should be taken to keep the tree plumb.
The practice Of using water while
planting can hardly be said to be q
good one unless the water is very care
fully applied with rose" after the
soil is well filed in and packed around
the fibrous roots. Especially with q soil
which has tendency to clog there is
Ereat danger Of an uneven distribution
and settling, with consequent empty
spaces between the roots. More trees
He probably killed by too much water
81 transplanting than by too little. Wa
ter after transplanting (and perhaps
before the last shovels Of earth are
dlled in), especially If the soil was dry,
Is useful and should be applied during
the hot season, choosing the late after
noon or evening for applying it. Trees
planted very late in the season require
greater care and more water than those
set earlier.
Protection Of trees may be divided
into two DartS-Sl1Dportinp and ora rd.