The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-04-10
PLANT TREES AND
SHRUBS AT ONCE
Advantage Should be TAX
en- of Spring Season for
Transplanting.
CARLSON GIVES ADVICE
Success in Setting Out Green
cry Depends upon Depth
of Planting and Soil.

Home owners who are contemplate
ing dressing up the grounds around
their homes with trees and shrubs
this spring should take advantage of
the season Immediately F. A. Carlson,
director of parks, stated today. No
spring transplanting should be done
later than the first of June he an
nounced.
HeNpointed out that great care
should be taken with nursery stock
to prevent the drying out of the roots
before the planting is done. He said:
Material ordered from a nursery
should be placed in the shade away
from drying Winds. Should planting
take several days times it would be
advisable to heel in the plants. Dig a
shallow trench, place the roots of the
plants here and cover them with soil.
Give them water to prevent dying out.
"Our spring season for planting is
very short and the sooner plants can
be set out, the better success you will
have. For trees, shrubs and evergreens
from April to June in the spring, and
in the fall evergreens can be planted
from August Is, to October, while
trees and shrubs can be planted from
October Is, to November Is.
Pruning Very Important.
"In planting shrubs, pruning is very
important. Cut tops back about one
third or one-half, although the root
condition of the plant is useful in
indicating the amount to cut back.
"The success of planting depends
upon the depth, and the using of good
soil. Plant shrubs little deeper than
they stood in the nursery row and be
sure to compact the soil we'll around
the roots. Use precaution to prevent
roots drying out while planting.
''The same principle applies in
planting trees. Dig Q good size hole
and use good soil. Prune off all dead
and broken roots on a slant so that
the cut will be exposed to the soil.
The top of the trees should be headed
back by cutting small branches. Elk
perience has shown that stake to
support the tree will help greatly.
"In planting evergreens, use good
loamy soil and plant to the depth
shown by the soil mark on the tree.
Evergreens are very exacting and diff
cult to transplant unless great care
is taken to prevent the soil around
the roots from drying out.
Give Roses Loan.
''In planting roses, both fall and
spring planting is desirable. Roses
require plentiful supply Of good
loan soil, thorough drainage and a
water supply which is constant. All
grated roses should be planted deep
enough to bring the point Of the root
stock and top at least two inches Sc-
low the surface Of the ground. The
pruning, of roses differs according to
the type. Newly planted roses should
be cut back to four or FIVE eyes.
"The food needed for plants must
be attended to every year. All grow
ing plants need nitrates, potash and
phosphates. This can be furnished by
applying manure or chemical fertili-
zers. The latter can be secured direct
for compounded fertilizer.
SIN applying fertilizers, manure is
generally applied at the rate of two
horse load to a space fifty by fifty
feet or two bushel wheelbarrow
load every four square yards, (six by
six feet). This should be spaded and
mixed with soil or merely used as a
top dressing.
Lime and fertilizers that become
quickly soluble are generally applied
as top dressings. Lime should not be
mixed with manure, bone meal or acid
phosphate, but should be applied
separately as top dressing.
"In watering newly planted mater
ial, give them good soaking, not
merely frequent light sprinklings. The
first two years plants require constant
attention as to watering and is the
critical period FOR success