The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-02
THE CARE OF TREES.

Trees in Winter: Their study; Planting.
Care. and Identification. BY Francis
Eakeslee, Ph. D, Professor OF Botany
and Director Of Summer School. Con-
necticut Agricultural College. and Ches-
ter Deacon Jarvis. PHI, D. Hortlcul-
iurist Storrs Experiment Station. The
Macmillan Company, Publishers. New
York.
This is fine. large, elegantly
printed volume of the most practical
character, instructive, illustrative, and
provocative in the highest degree of
desire for learning about trees and the
applications Of that learning in the
study. Identification, and care of trees.
There is Il preface which lays out we'll
the purpose aud scope Of tho book.
There is an Introductory chapter, Toe
Study of Trees and then the remain
der of the work Is divided into two
psrts; the first on HPlaptin2 and Care
Of Trees Is divided into ten chapters
which treat of the Structure, Life
and Growth Of Tree, The Propaga-
ton Of Trees. ., Tree Planting IN
Rural Districts" f" "Tree Planting in
Towns and Cities, - 1.-THE Selection of
Trees for Special Purposes, - " How
Trees Arc Plautcd, " 1.-The Care Of
Trecs,'i' "Common Injuries TO Shade
Trees "Tbe Control of Parasites, -
aud Insecticides, Fungicides and
Spraying .
Part ii, "Idcntification of Trees y is
devoted to an Explanation OF
Terms TO an 4" AnaIytica Key" and
to Description Of Species. There is
also a Glossary, and An Index gives
easy access to any part OF the volume.
The authors explain that the title,
"Trees 10 Winter might seem to one
uuacduaintcd with the subject to con
fine The usefulness Of this book TO the
months Of December. January, and Feb;
ruary: but Winter. As the term is used
here, is not defined by the calendar, by
ii the authors mean that period when
thc tree is in its resting condition, and
may be considered to extend from the
shedding OF the leaves iii the fall to the
bursting Of buds in the spring. This
period is different for different trees,
and in different localities; but in the
northeastern United States, to which
the book especially applies, that period
may begin a. early as the latter part
of September. with such forms as the
buttcrput, and may cxtoDd even INTO
The middle OF May with the catalp pa. The
authors emphasize the general rule that
the buying, planting, and care OF trees
should take place only in their dormant
condition. Such exceptional treatment
as SPRAYING for leaf diseases Is dis
cussed for the sake of completeness,
but il still remains true that "a tree
generally would better be left IN,
touched during its growing season.
The chapter on ''The Planting and Oare
of Trees is section written pri-
marily for the individual and ms home
grounds, rather than for the munlcl'
pal street planting commission. The
therefore, Will he moro that
of the country and of the home than
that Of the city,
Ono of the most striking series OF
in this work shows eleven
views Of sugar maple taken from
different sides in summer, in winter
and in the twilight The ordinary OBJ
server might nc inclined TO doubt Ms
being the same tree, so changed does II
appear under the varying conditions or
season aud viewpoint, were it not for
the fact that we have the authors
word for II.
The fullest directions are given
throughout on alI branches Of tho sub
ject, Of the study. care, propagation,
and treatment Of trees, as we'll as the
cure of trees that arc afflicted with
parasites or with disease. It is by all
odds the best Of the tree books that
have appeared.