Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-14

the memorial tree idea and Il met With
instant approval Since then trecn have
bcen planted by individuals, ashOoE,
cOllcgcs churches. patriotic or.nnikt-
tions These trees were planted, nor alone
for the man who gave his lie % he
country, but 20 honor fhoss gho offered
their lives Memorials u many forms vii
be adopted, but each shOuld b. given the
proper setting of memorial trees.
Tree planting has taken many phase
In some places hundreds Of acres have
been purchased by q municipality end
memorial trees viii BE- placed Tor every one
in war service from b given county An
other phhss is the Roads - kemefn
bfance" idea ~ The American Fnfstry
Association This is roadside tree planting
This has been taken up BY wonen's
cluts. automobile cluis and the motor
industry we arc face % face With an %
Dortunity, as a great rad building pro
gram h planned by tho States gleh OF vii
not como 10 us again With the Roads 0f
Remembrance idea. the reople ~ this
country have the chance % make fhf
roads beautiful Throughout ths land
tree planting associations are hfinz organ
lied in the schools IN co-opeYsfi0n P1ff
the American For s'ry Association T.
easy % vigualizc Hhas each sch0rl yarl
V1ll mean % this generation ~ childrc-
because u this tree planting
Memorial tree planting has hern -ic-
cessful becauso trees their planting an1
care, have Away heon Ih.cct ~ grpe'
interest To plant 'rec b eon0rnendlh'r
act To uvr tlrnflv attention 20 trorf
after they have been planted f'ilv se
prais-worthy a. their planting To refrsir
from removing frres from ulfce -fher'
~. s.aarafraeI
other mark Of Tho interest ~ -~tsor 4.
making be land > god 1lnoe r. Wtirh II
live
TreCg for cts street planting mav - ~
The -sTne kind FOR dDzsn hlooks and ulusf
be evenly spaced When frncs are plant
along q countrv r0adside j ia re'tnr tn
have them in 1r0Ips 81 fer knds md tr-
formally located
There = another consideration tlaf q
often not gwen sgf~ent thought 81 ~
time q selecting trees for planting and
that ls the pernsnency ~ che klnds u
trees For tins reason entire efrects
Z sometimes a whole town are planted Vifh
short-lived ard otherwise Inferior trees
ut 4 much moro desirable % plant
trees of considerable nermanency. rich a.
oak and sycamore. than - selhe' qlIck
growing. but also fast maturing. tires
such as SILVER raaulc and many q To-
2 poplars.
''The cultural requirements a sone
trccs are lcss erscting than others To
= well 10 select those that VII REQUIRE ~
more attention ttan-the plan'er = 1rrnar-
ed 10 give them Beyond The hrst twn ~
three years after planting. The 0aks, uapies
elms and sycamorcs require very little
cultural treatment
oRrNSiNs THE -IoCE.
IN sections where the ruTround1g
Woodsnds offer Countless -ouug ever
gTeens and ssphngs at no more -ruunie
than the digging. g nas ueen -iIs0omar-'
for tree planters to 70 % nearn~ appdiotE
~ obtain the stOck for planting on streets,
home grounds. school grounds ana alonz
country rOadsides This method har one
special feature % commend its practice
Il provides a variety of trees rnat arr
product oi the i0cality. But q D. aR rn-
F.. provement ia this practlce t0 buy iron
some nearby nuraeryrnan the same varIetv
OF trees especially grown for The purposs ot
transplsnt,nE. In the nursery the tree
are handled with the express puroosc ui
preparing them for transpiAntIns. I nE
method Ol hand ng furnishes a tree thaf
begins growth WIth lcss s,t-caGs tnan
I when the same size tree IS taken dIrrctlY
from the woods
There mas heeu PERFECTED sDcCial ma
chInCry for tho trRnsuiantInz 0f arg
trees from woodlands. but TINS ~ giato
sslde from the ordinary trCe planting. A.
a general rlIle a much larger siBo tree can
! I've safely taken iron a nUrsgry Tor trans
planting than from 4 Woodland
The trees best suited for Drlagart
Y planting are
7 Hackberry Bur oak
I Honey locust Valley cottonW0oQ
Z Green ssh Mountain cottunW ou,l
American elm SLACK locust
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