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TAKING UP AND SETTING OUT TREES.
W. J. Beal.
In taking up a tree, whether large or
small, do not twist it about so as to break
or bend the roots abruptly. Get all the
roots you can afford to, remembering that
a tree will not grow without roots.
When out of the ground keep the roots
constantly covered with soil, moss, damp
straw or something else. The roots are far
more sensitive to dry air than are the parts
above ground. No one need wonder that
trees carted into town with short roots
exposed to dry air, often fail to grow, or
lead a precarious life for years. Study the
structure and the physiology of a tree and
treat it as one who always makes everything thrive which he cares for.

To set a tree so as to insure its thrifty
growth, place it but little deeper than it
was while growing. Have the soil well
pulverized and pack it closely about the
tree.

After all this trouble, do not court disappointment in the slow growth or in the
death of a favorite tree, but dig or rake the
ground every week or two, all summer for
three to five years for a distance of four feet
or more each way from the tree. If this is
impracticable, place a mulch of something
covering the space above mentioned.

Don't plant fruit or nut bearing trees in
the school yard! Don't plant too many
strong growers, or too large a proportion of
evergreens in the cemetery! Don't plant
too near the house! Don't plant too closely
to the roadside! Don't expose the roots of a
tree to the sun if you hope to make it thrive!
Don't plant a tree in a tough sod and then
leave it entirely to itself! One of the greatest mistakes in tree planting is neglect.