Evening star., 1937-09-11
OWNERS ADVISED
ON TREE REMOVAL
Paul Davey Declares Fall Is
Best Time to Trans
plant Evergreens.

With the approach of Fall another
favorable opportunity is offered for
the transplanting of evergreens. says
Paul Davey, tree expert, in his advice
TO home owners At any time from
September l until the ground freezes
these trees may be moved safely, pro-
vlded the season is normal. he SAYS.
However, when the weather is alb
normally hot it is best to let the ever
greens wait for cooler weather.
Davey continues:
The one rule which governs the
time when it is safe to move ever
greens is that they must be moved
when the tops will not dry out from
evaporation before the roots re-estab-
lish themselves. Deciduous trees,
which are those which shed their
leaves annually, have dormant sea-
sons when their bare branches evapo-
rate comparatively little moisture.
They are safely moved in that period.
But the evergreen has no lealess Pc
Rod II holds its leaves throughout
the year and a warm and sunny day
in Midwinter will draw out it's mois-
ture much as a Summer day will.
Care Is Essential.
Because of this constant evapora-
ton evergreens must be moved in the
Spring or Fall The evaporation is not
as great then as in Midsummer. Care
must be taken to keep ball of earth
around the roots so that the process
of establishment may be as speedy
as possible. 1t is always better to pro-
cure evergreens from a good nursery
than to attempt to move forest-grown
trees, because nurserymen prune the
roots Of their trees, with the result
that whel. they are to be moved the
roots will be in much more compact
mass than the roots of forest-grown
trees and will hold the earth better.
While the Spring months are usu-
ally considered the best season of the
year for transplanting evergreens.
there is not great deal of difference
between Spring and Fall, and there is
at least one advantage in Fall trans
planting. That lies in the fact that
there is so much less to interfere with
the care a tree should have after it
has been transplanted. In the Spring
everything is coming along at once
and the property owner is likely to get
so interested in his flower beds or his
lawn or shrubbery that he will forget
that his transplanted evergreens need
attention until they are well estab-
lished in the new location. In the
Fall there is less to be looked after.
Fall Is Better Time.
"And for the property owner who
has definitely decided to rearrange
his evergreens or bring in new ones
there is no question that this Fall is
a far better time TO do the work than
next Spring. Trees transplanted this
Fall will become well established be-
fore the freeze-up and will be ready
to start in growing next Spring long
before the ground will be in such
shape that transplanting is possible.
Properly used, evergreens can add
tmmeasurably to the beauty of a resi-
dence property. They should be
planted in accordance to a definite
plan. On large planting the land
scape architect will be worth far more
than any fee he will charge. For
only few trees reliable nurseryman
Will be glad to help in the planning.
"One rule should always be observed
IN planting evergreens, and that is to
use trees which will be of the desired
height and shape when they are ma
ture. rather than to use trees which
can only be kept the shape you want
them by the liberal and persistent use
OF the pruning shears There is such
q vide variety Of evergreen trees avail
able now that intelligent planting will
produce the desired effect with trees
which will not need constant barber
ing"