The Daytona daily news., 1922-01-29

adequate root system. Anything that
tlisturbe the rOots will cause injury
TO the top. II you cut on half 0f the
roots you will cause q corresponding
decrease in the top either large
limbs will die or many small ones.
The leaves will become scattered and
smaller and lighter green in color.
Trees So injured in the roots should
he pruned To balance the top with the
roots.
Many trees here have suffered in
Jury tu the roots. Some OF this was
una voidable. Disturbing the roots
should he prevented whenever pos
sible. and when they must be disturb
ct someone who understands trees
should be there to see that the tree
is given the attention il needs at once.
Often excavations can be made
around trees with very little injury.
If done under the direction Of a com
petent tree man.
There is nothing that will more
surely kill tree than to allow gas
to escape and permeate the soil
around the roots Sometimes first aid
treatment will prevent death If the
gas leak is stopped and the soil dug
up and thoroughly aereated or better
replaced with new soil. YOU may save
the tree One thing we have found
| is fatal-that is TO soak the ground
| around the tree with water when il
i is suffering from gas poisoning. This
I is one of the times when water in
! lures the tree
! The question of moss is an impor-
tant one Moss is not a parasite
| that is il does not subsist upon the
| sap of the tree. Il is IN airplant. Ii
may live on tree for "A long time
without killing it. but it almost invari-
ably prevents it from developing into
T we'll proportioned specimen. II
choheS out the leaves and causes the
| ieath OF smaller branches. thereby
| forcing an irregular scraglv growth
| Where it is very heavy IT Will almost
completely strange tree. | doubt
| whether any work could be done that
| would give greater benefit at a small
ost than to have the moss removed
from all Your trees.
Mistletoe IS a parasite. 1t actually
| ives upon the sap OF its host II
should be kept cleaned out of valuable
trees at any cost
There are many other parasites that
must he comba tted-various insects
anu fungus ulSed.tsS mere are t1Qu
sands OF them and a great many ways
of combating them. Often some par
ticular pest will get start and almost
completely wipe out one or two
species of trees. Sometimes il is i'm
possible to control them. but more
often prompt attention will prevent
serious injury. Eternal vigiience i:
the slogan Your trees must be regu
iayiy inspected for evidence OF injur,
and prompt attention given when nee
essars
In considering your trees. Away.
hear in mind that they are endowed
with life. the same as VIC are. The,
| eat. breath. digest. aud assmiiats
food have q circulation of sap tha
serves the same purpose as the cir
, cuation of our blood They have sex
ual processes that are as real and in
.eresfing as those 10 man. They re
| produce their kind in manner re
markahiy like man. In some species
some trees are male and others fe
male In others. the male aud female
! ,rgans grow on the same trees. eithe
n TN. same flower or different hovers
Your pines. for example, have male
flowers and female flowers both grow
!, ing on the same tree. As living things
they are subject to the same kind 0
or be injured by an excessive foo'
supply-they may die of thirst or b
drowneG ny an excess Of water arouni