The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-07
IMPORTANT POINTS
+ FOR PLANTING OF
MEMORIAL TREES
Forestry Association Pre-
pares Instructions for Set
ting Out Trees in Men,
ory of Dead Heroes
By Associated Press

washington, September 6.-Instructons
for planting the thousands of trees that
are to be set out this fall in every city
and village in the United States in mem
ory of soldiers who paid the supreme
sacrifice" in France, have just been pre-
pared by the American Forestry associa-
ton.
Important points for all tree owners in
September, when fall planting begins, the
association says, are as follows:
81. Prune all dead branches on Ola
trees. Do not prune unnecessarily; re-
move as little of the live wood as pos
-sible; make all cuts close to the trunk
or main limb and cover all wounds with
coal tar.
40 Remove and destroy egg masses OF
the tussock moth and similar leaf eatlng
insects.
49, Mark for removal in winter all nope
lessly infested and dead trees. You can
discern these trees with greater definite
ness before the leaves drop, but you can
cut them down to greatest advantage
in winter.
~. Plant evergreens in early Septem-
Der. Move them with a ball of soil.
Dates of arbor days in the United
States and territories are as follows
Georgia, first Friday in December; Ha-
wall, first Friday in November; Colorado
Connecticut, Delaware, ILLINOIS, iowa
Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Maine,
Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire.
New Mexico North Dakota, Ohio Penn
sylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, V1r-
GINA, Wisconsin, Washington, WYOMING
all by proclamation of the governor,
North Carolina, Friday after November
Ii; Porto Rico, last Friday in Novem per;
South Carolina, third Friday in Novem'
Der; Tennessee, November (movaoie
date).
The kinds of trees to plant in certain
regions are given in the following table:
In New England, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey Ohio. West Virginia,
Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Missouri and Iowa plant:
ardwood-Sugar maple, Norway ma
nile. scarlet maple, green ash, white ash
| American white elm, red oak, white oak,
pin oak, American linden, scarlet oak.
Evergreen-White spruce, Colorado blue
spruce, white pine, Scotch pine, baisam
pine, hemlock, arbor vitae.
| In Delaware, Maryland. District OF Co
lunbia Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan-
sas, Oklahoma. Texas plant:
Hardwood-Tulip, sycamore, pin oak
| scarlet OAK, DidCk Odh, lou Os]h, "iiiee
ash bald cypress, Norway maple, scar
let maple red elm, American white elm,
| Kentucky coffee tree. American linden
red gum black gum, blackberry, willow
| oak.
| Evergreen-White pine, long-leaf pine
magnolia, live oak, cedar of Lebanon
| American holly
In Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas
Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
plant:
Hardwood-Bur oak linden, Norwa,
maple, green ash, wild cherry, iarch
American elm, black walnut, blackberry
honey locust.
Evergreen-Scotch pine, Austrian pine
white pine, Norway spruce, Colorado blu
spruce, white spruce, red cedar, arbol
| vitae.
In New Mexico, Arizona, Utah. Nevada
plant:
| ardwood-Hackberry, honey locust
green ash, American elm, black locust
bur oak, valley cottonwood, mountain
cottonwood, mountain ash, box elder.
| E,vergreen-Arbor vitae, deodar cedar
| box, euonymus.
In California, Oregon, Washington
(coast region plant:
| Acknowledgements maple, Euro
pean linden. sycamore. weeping willow.
Evergreen-Deodar cedar, Monterey cy
press, Monterey pine
/ columbia basin):
Hardwood-N maple European
linden, sycamore, green ash, silver pop
lar, Russian poplar, white willow
Evergreen-Lawson cypress, bigtree.