Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-28

There is no better time to plan for
planting shrubbery and trees around
the country place than right now. The
actual planting may be done in the
fall or perhaps in the case Of some
shrubs, in the spring, but if one looks
over the grounds now the deficiencies
are more quickly noted and one may
also note what plants and trees would
fit in well with the general planting
scheme
Most places are lacking in hardy
Shrubs in proportion to the other
| landscape features They need oc-
cupy very little room. aud often
change the entire appearance of the
place, There are some of the shrubs
which are most attractive when
planted by themselves. as single
specimens; those which grow in
dense or dropping form, such as
weigelias, forythias, and spiraeas,
especially S. Van Houttei, and those
which attain a tree form, such as
crataegus (hawthorn). althaea (rose
| of Sharon, hydrangeas, Japanese
naples, etc. But these may of
course, be used with the others in
the shrubbery border.
1t is important to plant your trees
and shrubbery at the right time, in
order to secure satisfactory results.
/ In dealing principally with hardy
trees and shrubbery, there are two
seasons-spring ard fall-when most
varieties can be transplanted
If there is any one question which
is asked more than another, it is,
(Which is the best season for plant
! ing, spring or fall?" OF course, 1t is
true that some plants are best set
/ out in the spring. and that location
and latitude enter into the question.
| Generally it does not make so much
/ difference which season you plant as
it does that the planting is attended
to at the most favorable time in
either season.
The trouble with most people is
that they do not think anything can
be planted in the fan, and in the
spring they do not get into the notion
until the season is SO far advanced
that it is too late to move plants
with any reasonable degree of sue
cess.
As a matter of fact most kinds of
deciduous trees and shrubbery can
be planted with just as much sue
cess in the fall There are advan-
tages, too, in planting them at that
time. The heat in the soil, stored up
from the long season of warm
weather, is retained in degree until
early winter. This warm soil en-
courages root-growth in the newly
planted tree and enables it to be-
come established and ready to start
growing with the first warm days of
spring This means that the planters
will get better results than II the
planting had been deferred until the
next vernal season.
Another advantage is because the
spring season is short, and there is
usually so much to be done that 1t is
almost impossible to do all. The fall
season. extending over a longer pc
riod, enables one to accomplish this
work in q much more satisfactory
manner.
The exact time for planting depends
so much on the locality and exposure
Of the position that it is not practical
to fix the exact date. In the latitude
of New York, however, the fall sea-
son starts after heavy rains in Au-
gustS when evergreens can be plant
ed, while decduous stock can be
planted from about October l up un-
til the time the ground freezes. In
the spring there is golden time"
lust after the frost has come out,
when the ground is mellow and be-
fore the new leaves unfurl