Show the he riem and wrong ways h prune chaje trees 0 He ME Mojor Major no one thinks of shade trees as it a profitable prof liable crop and yet of all vegetable growth cultivated by man none renders more generous return S SPEAKING p with a person re I 1 cc IN t ly concerning g th the benefits it de I 1 r 1 from 11 1 ill the platting of shade I 1 trees shrubbery and vines around i house 0 en he 8 said id it Is ig surprising to me t that h mure people do not at gh gle B great attention el er attention to this phase of home do de in my ill life I 1 have built five bouses bud and 1 la cy instance I 1 bove bov planted some a shade had trees tree to roses sea and ad at other her because I 1 not only ad lot mire them the and to love to aee them grow hid it develop but in the selling belling of my property I 1 jame hae realized li several cral he hun ired dollars more than I 1 would have had there been no planting plantings made mad another writer say hafl twenty five dollars would plant and care for at leant hv alva ira elm tr for file a too ten vear car pe period it 1 la a moderate estimate to say that at ill tin end it of the so a year a a lot would be worth more mole for or their presence at the end of 25 pears fears no me man who owned tile the lead land we on which they stood would take aw illece tor for them plant an elm or a maple near your home bud and look upon it no a endowment policy maturing 1 in 1940 with filth no premiums after the first lear car it if fit faie elm trees free or ire worth 25 at the end of ten 3 leara ears for the return of a shade ade and attractiveness only what loulu old be the alne im of 1 five go good beat bear ing walnut tree treba there Is no tren tree more handsome or suitable for or plant too ing it only shade and attractiveness la is wanted I 1 ate think all practical and really right winded minded farmers agree that shade trees beautify and enhance the ral value a of farm for property and the wonder Is that any by far farmer or vt will I 1 I 1 ties I 1 act to plant trees about his home of coulie couise they reguile some little often atten alon go for a while at least and ad leton letan later they must be pruned and cared for if the b beat at results are to be had flout this th is form of I 1 investment talent it would be the height of tolli folly to take rose the trouble of planting tree and ad then consider that the work Is 18 ended holever ou on that tree to lo obtain sy handsome trees they must be pruned planned there la Is a right and a wrong way y of pruning shade trees I lopping 9 al 11 should old preferably be done after th the leaves drop in the fall and ad before the buds in the spring but it is sate bare to do the work at other seasons why A by we prune trees to remove dead wood bd tho face reason in for r removing ving doad dead wood ad I 1 is ahou obvious atre it Is in the way it weeds breeds disease it t is unil ghaly and dangerous ilie win om to do it Is to cut it out removing all dead or deemed smooth off the surface go BO that water will not gither gather if a cavity remains paint it with a lead paint to keep out fungous and insect pests then fill the hole with a material that ofil w ill keep out the mols ture and it squirrels 1 and ad upon va which a new bark may find support to grow to remove crowding branches breach branches that rob nib and ad bruise bridal one another when the wind blows should feli be taken take out as boon be as pos line the branch should it be cut off clean close to the main sum mcm with a slanting cut at so an that water ter will vill drain di iff 01 then coat at with a to tar or lead paint to leep off water and insects which bore into and toy lay eggs in gleen wood ad to increase e flowers flower and fruit ju in laced order to understand 1 stood this we must be able to distinguish between leaf half and flower dower buds HIP fl flower flor or buds are ban silo larger and of different shape frone from ic leaf buds bad by removing limbs or twigs twig which contain only leaf bad buda we wa w will ill jr no conr or purpose tile the cut mut cant be made do close clean and smooth so and a it if a jage surface of heart beart wood ts a I 1 left efm tex ex pe nosed it it should be put painted to lu in v ing besuch huch limbs care must be ba talen taken not I 1 to ip i P A T 1 REE STRUCTURE m T study the structure of the tree bif before undertaking to prune it to destroy the natural symmetry bud and shape of the specimen this natural ly symmetrical cal shape Is precise and 1 I IS fairly I 1 ily regular in its occurrence due to a tells tape at structure explained later to remove unbalanced pete parts it I 1 la a common practice elite to prune 1 in order fit to n clien the head strengthen the specimen old and create a more mora it dense thade ilande this la Is i the he question I 1 I 1 that I 1 awa most interests interest us ua to in the general shaping and care cara of ornamental trees we want ant to know how to top our soft maples nod ad TI whether bother or of not at we should top the elm at the an same a time tree structure to and tand topping we must net study tree tincture arees ore are either opposite or alternate I leaved ived ved ia in the opposite lea leaved il bees the ter manal feel bud bad delci develops als a new a stem tile the bid side buds lealoa le alop also and each in turn hire de develops veloas a terminal ai I bud bad and ad aid side buds bad this kind or of a tree forms forma net nat orally a leader or stem that grows straight from the ground to the top of the tree bud and the limbs accident ally injured tend to develop symmetric ally beat about it 0 g the maple uni IN be hen you yen top such a I 1 atiee or la in oth er words do remove the t ti bud you give mole strength to the side buds buda they develop more abundant ly thickening the tree and ad reducing it being ay its to spindly length until it becomes a at gt and ad a denser shade tree so such 1 a tree should be topped baure it gets so old that t the 11 cut t will not at heal over and the c ut PI place ace must at be made smooth and waterproof on the at other h er hand the alternate leaved trees tend to send a branch first to one B old side and then to ta the other sido a g g toe the elm until the tree grows out of reach of our hand and strength we ran can keep it bent beat lit or the one side b bud 1 I removed so that it mil bill tend to send a up a straight stem to but ea as soon na it afis gets beyond our reach the ta it t identity of f the trunk hajak lq Is lost jat 1 in tile the branches and one may by c not of us a n re rule Is trace the main bunk clear to the top of tile the tree it if such a fr tree I 1 Is topped from time to time we in may y easily leave the last bud the always on the same side ot of the stem and a tree will grow all to on one side do by beyond III chis we must net consider tile the natural strength of a tree chire in re la IS no object in I 1 ti hauling imming or topping a strong hardwood ad tree such as an oak it or a sugar inside that ordinarily rill 11 would woul it not be broken in the wind ad such a tree is adapted to self belt forma then bud and unless belated injured by soine ex talent mus cause will tube take caie of itself there ura am two other things we wool must know about it hiees first certain va buc or oc ill r make good ornamental shade trees and should not be ba used many macy are poor because they 0 are r to loo vim open buda bad too far dart apart OB an alia h stem and ad broun branches wae come out at long intervals other trees tree or ore object tio tlona ble because of the bad odor or of their r flowers brittle twigs dropping IS leases c shedding u 9 of bark or she short life secondly the method of branching pro I 1 g or the sept angle ot of broaching branching with the trunk affects it its form farm the six F forms there he are S six for forma let into which time trees may be grouped a daae fei fe form elm I round la round topped n maple ale c it spruce op plan pine e pyramidal lombardy poplar t f Gro grotesque esque artial ialy ally propagated trees it like its the umbrella catalpa or tea n weeping mulberry a vase fo form in in a vase form tree t the h e b branches ra n c he q b bend e d u up p t then h en 0 out ut and d down 0 w t the h 0 t trunk ru n k fo r m 1 g the h e atom to topping this tree trea will make it dished on top and weaken site its 1 tote structure it cannot grow together gether ta agal again and a ofa fa tal pill crot ill I 1 ts formed I 1 in U the le branches ran bas b round topped the branches of round mund topped trees grow out and then ca bend up and inward forming it a tai g globular or top cutting off the tips of anch h branches thickens the top and strengthens the tha growth c Boxi form trees that are or in 1 eluded in the he group also branch squarely ilu arely or at right angles to the trunk truck and the top branches ex tend food to appi the baine a length the as the lower on ones d cecil branches branch of trees ce to in ll 11 g the con ifor group r a up for form a right angle with the trunk the lower letter limbs are wide and the others shorter as they approach cpr it the top of tile the tree until ill the tree tapers taper then down to a S point e pyramidal the lombardy poplar and others of the pyramidal type have limbs limba that tend to glow streight leight st sti upwards parallel to the trunk r f giant grotesque que tree brets trets of uie ill class are of 0 odd dd and un 01 ytoll character they astill bra cither of ton tell irregular or too formal to be adap adapted I 1 it to no naturalistic ural latic planting and usual usually V blanch bian b too low to allow truthe traffic under sath eth it would uld be safe then to say that softwood faces like cottonwood tto hot box elder soft maple and ea catalpa need topping locusts a sycamores wen amores rial and ad 1 orlea I used need to lime haie dead wood removed before tt it falls falla other trees need to be shaped or headed up and given give a fair stait in 1 life when he they are 12 to 20 leet feet high it if this ia of iowa done they will thereafter ink take cars care of the themselves ou or acel accidentally dec I 1 in lurd jud lur ju d what treba ter shelf shall I 1 plant trees adapted to shade buds on ie lawn end ad treet must have the following fattening char I 1 till tall and ad wide spreading 2 straight trunk fraud and welt well balanced top jlong 3 long life and ad inability of wood 4 strength streng h of limb and ad freedom freed from fr insect old and fungous pests pesta 5 deca ro root system 0 6 no litter of leaf feet flower fruit or bulk bail 7 branching Branc Iding high enough from ground to permit traffic underneath 8 r daiv to transplant and ad affording dense shade iry the following here stated attired in the ord order of their preference I 1 arneri elm 2 sugar mn me pie 3 hackberry Hach Rack berry 4 sweet gum gam fi 5 american and european lindena lindens 6 pla pl ad lamiat oak 1 7 norway nor av maple |