The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-06-04
PLANTING trees
..... AND SHRUBS 5 | R u I !
Federal Experts Give Advice
For Various Localities. ..

tor various l0CdIltloS. r.
WIDE RANGE OF CHOICE,
Tho Country Is Divided Into Five Seo-
tions and Suitable Varieties Arc Sug-
gested For tho Various Divisions.
Beauty Of Shade Trees Depends Upon
Normal Growth.
What kind Of trees shall We plant
to beau1fy our grounds? What shrubs
would be suited to our schoolyard?"
asked a specialist in trees and shrubs
Of the department Of agriculture.
The department specialists have pre-
for general use in private grounds,
streets, private parks and schoolyards
for each of five general divisions of
the United States. The divisions are:
First-New England states, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio.
West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana.
Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.
Second Maryland Vir-
GINA, North Carolina South Carolina,
Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Okla
homa and Texas.
Th1rd-Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska, Kan
sas, Colorado; Wyoming, Montana and
Idaho.
Fourth-New Mexico, Arizona. Utah.
Nevada, western Texas, western Okla
homa and western Kansas. ..,>
The specialists suggest in district No.
I, which includes New York and ad-
joining states, the following: :Decidu-
GUS trees-Red oak. white oak, pin oak.
American linden, American white elm,
white ash, scarlet maple, sugar maple
green ash. Norway maple. Evergreens
White spruce, white pine, Scotch
pine. hemlock, .balsam fir, Colorado
blue spruce. Shrubs-Lilacs, >vibur-
nuns, philadelphuses, hydrangea, ia
pan ounce Towering currant, cornus-
,es, spireas, weigelas. coralberry, snow
berry, bush honeysuckle, Wild roses.
rugosa bush, .Thunberg's barberry, ca
lycanthus, Regel's privet. elders. sweet
pepper bush.
In district No. 2. which includes
Delaware and the southern states as
far west as Texas, the department
would plant the following: Deciduous
trees-Tulip, sycamore, pin oak. white
oak, black oak, live oak, red oak, white
ash, bald cypress, Norway maple, red
coffee. American linden. catalpa. liq-
quidambar blackberry. sour gum and
southern section willow oak and laurel
oak. Evergreen trees-Long leaf pine,
magnolia, live oak, cedar Of Lebanon.
Shrubs Golden bell, hydrangeas, lilac,
elaeagnuses, loniceras. hibiscus. roses.
Japan ounce, calycanthus, smoke
tree and viburnums, philadelphuses.
cOrnuses, jasminums, spiraeas. vie
gelas. coralberry, snowberry, Thun-
berg's barberry, Grape myrtle, privets.
hollies, evergreen. barberries, elders
rose Of Sharon. South Of Charleston,
S. c.; Camellia japonica oleander.
1.-The beauty of shade tree depends
upon it's normal and symmetrical
growth" says department official
I'm order to insure this, before plant
ing cut off the ends of all broken or
branches save upon evergreens, so that
a straight whiplike stalk alone re-
mains. Dig holes at least three feet in
diameter and two feet deep in good
soil and make them four feet across
in poor soil. The sides of holes should
be perpendicular and the bottom fiat
Break up soil in the bottom of hole to
the depth of the length of spade
blade. Place twelve or fifteen inches
of good top soil in the bottom Of the
hole and use the fine top soil, free
from soda or other decomposing or
ganic matter, about the tree roots. On
top Of this bottom layer place the roots
of the tree, spread them as evenly as
possible over the earth, put in and
cover with two or three inches of fine
top SOIL Tramp firmly with the feet
and fill the hole with good earth, leav-
ing the surface loose and little higher
than the surface of the surrounding
soil. When the work of planting is
completed the tree should stand about
two inches deeper than it stood in the
nursery.
''In order to insure symmetry of
growth trees must be allowed unre-
stricted area for development. AT
least forty feet should be allowed be-
tween trees intended to occupy the
ground permanently. Quick growing
nurse or temporary trees may be plant
ed between the long lived ones to pro-
duce immediate results, but as these
are seldom removed as soon as they
should be to prevent interference with
the development of the permanent
plantations the practice is not to be
recommended"