Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-12
PLANT EvERGREENs.

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| these beautiful trees Isl not a matter
ot difdcultyi but a few rules must be-
1 strictly followed or they will fail b
| grow.
The roots OF evorgrecns must not oo
| exposed Tor moro than a few minutes
TO dry cir. such exposure Is always
Injurious and generally fatal AS soon
I as the young tree "a taken from the
/ ground for transplanting its roots
/ should be- plunged into very fine and
thin mud. preferably made from the
soil in which the tree has been grow
| ing The roots are thus coated with a
protective covering that prevents IN
fury hy the atmosphere. 10 Is best 90
have a large tub half filled with thin.
black Ioamy mud. and 10 immcrse and
/ keep the evergreen roots therein from
| the moment the trees are dug from the
earth tnl they are again planted.
The beauty Of city In tho West
under our bright sky. il greatly en-
| HANGED by an abundance OF evergreens.
In eastern or IN other moist localities,
where the atmosphere Is more or Loss
murlCy and where brightness and sun
shine are not. as with US. the prevailing
condition. the presence OF eveugreens
impar-s q gloomy or sombre aspect %
the landscape; but this Is not tho case
here.
Throughout the semi-arid regions,
summer is the most onerous season, ow-
ing To the heat OF the sun and the
brightness Of the sky. But evergreons
look cool and they relieve, with their
deep green foliage, the glaro OF the
midsummer noon. They are therefore
tho trees that are especially meritori-
Gus for ornamental purposes With as
IN summer, while the deep green Of
their winter foliage makes a pleasant
contrast with masses OF snow or with
the barrenness Of winter fields,
Beautiful and useful as they are in
city gardens and about suburban
homes. they are scarcely less useful 70
the farmer in the open country. An
evergreen Nindbreak is the only living
kind that really stops the cold blasts Of
winter. oven with other trees TO form
a shelter belt around the farm the
farm needs evergreens on the north
and west, especially in the cold ex-
posed places 40 common in the more
| open and larger valleys.
Any soil that win grow corn and po-
| tatoes viii grow evergreens. II single
rows OF spruce, frs or arbOr vitsss are
planted. Il is best TO put trees from
| four to six feet apart in rows and
Scotch and Austrian pine about eight
| feet apart. For double-row planting,
put the former ton feet apart and the
! latter ten or twelve feet apart IN the
row. White pine should be eight feet
apart IN single row and twelve 10 four
teen feet In double rows.
When choosing varieties Il is best 70
get the advice OF the forestry depart
ment concerning trees best adapted 70
tho place where you live, or TO consult
some reliable nurseryman. II may be
| best and cheapest In thu long run % let
| the nurseryinan do the planting and 10
| give such advice as win guarantee their
| growth
! From personal trial however the writ
er Il prepared 20 recommend first Of all
| tho blush, sllvery spruce OF tho higher
/ mountains Of Colorado and the red on
| yellow cedar Of our own foot hills
| These two. the spruce and the cedar
/ - - Nasaa fHfN
While IN Europe a few years ago
the writer observed thousands Of acres
| IN many different localities entirely
! given over TO the silver spruce Thi'
occurred on gentemen's estates, anS
the purpose was said to be the creation
Of game preserves for partridges anS
pheasants.
The best time Co set evergreens IS II
spring just before the buds swell. l
too early. they dry out before they ge
established. n too late they are gvei
a. setback that may be- fatal. Tn
ideal weather Is O. cloudy day OF O. we
spring. No pays 10 have trees sent b.
express n far from the grower. Hee
the trees in n it becomes necessary
wait for good planting weather.
The most Important precaution ma
deserve repetition, since these treei
though not difficult 70 grow, roquir
close attention 90 trs procedure q
failure win be certain.
Tho sap OF evergreen -s r'.fiuous an
| NOT uateIy For that reason any 90
posture of the rl5fs uIi surely kiu n
tree. 81 uhrn tie trees come. DO NJ
opan the bundle at taa a4t.ou and d
air to h. r1J-a Wen they are no
D. wrapped. plunge me r1ots az once in
D. "a puddle of neH I1am mud. This rs
keep the air from drying them. II Ella
y mud Is used. che root hairs have an
Guilty u breaking tho crust cover
- once with Fct moss or something an
D. blankets and keep covered mtil -
p put the tree in tho earth. II not plan
Z ed upon arat opening The shipmei
a thcn tine trees should be- hooied m
s tronoh and tho roots covered with on
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