Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-24
GheDCKYARD
fARMER3
y PROF. JWHLARD BOElE
NCnnyrIght. Western NeMsplpeI unI0r-L
HOW TO TRANSPLANT SHRUB
Berry.

Lawn shrubs should be planted
early in the spring, preferably before
the leaves have started. The plant is
then in its dormant state and the Sc
we're root and branch pruning that is
necessary does not set the plant back
materially.
Shrubs which come from com
mercial grower or dealer have por-
ton of the dirt left on the roots, usu
ally, and this Is point that you
should insist on in ordering. shrub
berry Remember that the shrub feeds
almost entirely through the tiny hair
like rootlets, and these are either torn
off or dry up il the moist soil is re-
moved. The more soil you pay
freight on the better are your chances
of having the shrubs live and flour
ish In certain cases where the dis
tances are comparatively short and
the plants small. the roots may be
protected in bag of moist sand or
wet sphagnum moss.
Have your shrubs located in the
yard before they arrive, and have the
holes dug, so that the roots can go
in the ground at the earliest possible
moment. The hole should be dug a
foot deeper than necessary and this
extra foot should be filled in with six
inches OF well rotted stable manure,
covered by six inches of rich earth.
After trimming off broken or de-
cayed root ends. set the shrub in the
hole, having the roots about three
inches farther in than they previously
were. Cover the roots we'll with fine
earth mixed with a quarter pound of
bone meal, wet the soil down thor
oughly and fill the rest of the hole,
heaping the earth high to take care of
settling.
The earth should be trampled down
thoroughly to support the shrub and
to form close connection between
the roots and the surrounding soil
particles.
After setting the new shrubs, the
tops must be Systematically pruned
back in just the same proportion that
the roots have heen prunod in dig
/ ging the plant up. If this is not done,
the tops will produce too many leaves
for the diminished root system to
feed and the whole bush will suffer
and probably perish.
4 II circumstances make it necessary
4 to hold tho bushes some time before
planting them. 1t will be necessary to
lay them down in a trench with the
roots covered with wet earth and keeI
them watered.
\ Keep newly planted shrubs ant
trees well watcred during the frs
growing season. flooding them witt
water at night once or twice week
If you live near enough to the
4 countryside to get your shrubs from
the woods, you can beautify your 10
at practically no expense. AmonI
the many wild shrubs that transplan
we'll arc willows. both red and white
alders. sumach, hazel, hawthorne vii,
crabapple, roses. woodbinc, Virgins
creeper, and many others, The lay
out of your lot will suggest the prope
location of the different varieties
available, and the only general ruiz
to observe is that shrubbery be KEEP
near the borders, and the varieties
should not be mixed up.
In digging wild shrubs. make cir
cular trench about the trunk, seeking
to avoid cutting off any moro of tn
roots than Is absolutely necessary AM
cut down under the plant with mat
took and ak. Leave a large ball o
earth containing the roots, and |
there is danger of the earth shaking
off, tie up the ball with sacking.