| Show Spring Planting Instructions Are Issued to Home Owners by Commissioner of Parks First t t of ot A series ot of bulletins bulletin of or seasonable seasonable sea sea- suggestions for gardening and amI planting In itt SaIL Salt Luke Lake CIt City was wai as to today today today to- to day b by Commissioner Heber M. M L Wells Veils commissioner loner of ot parks and public pU prop prop- I rrt erly erty The rho bulletin was Wa pr prepared by br Nicholas cholas Byhower r superintendent of or parks nn and approved by Wells It follows Collo I The time lime has now not arrived to prepare for Cor tho spring l planting of oC trees and shrubs Usually this 1 Is not thought of or until Arbor du day which is Js entirely t too toolate toolate o late in the Iho season ea on for good results As VJ early earl earlIn In spring as the ground can bo be properly worked sometime in February trees treet should hould bo be planted to get ct a start of or root growth before Lh tho Iho dry and hot weather conditions I r Cheapest Not Always Good Nurserymen local and Itinerant are arc arenow arenow now booking orders for spring delivery It should be bo remembered that to order ONer cheap things is not always tho the most profitable No well grown nur nursery cl stock can n be sold at prices less than the cost costor of or propagating strong and well noil oil rooted plants and trees and a well rooted tree trec Is produced only b by repeated It Ite e til therefore evident e that a reliable nursery cannot afford to sell Its Ito products prod prod- at co so called salo sale prices and it would appear to be as os unprofitable to lo order because of or such prices from unprofessIonal unprofessional un urn- professional concerns as t It would be ImpractIcal Impractical impractical im Im- Im- Im practical to engage your jour our grocer to to do your plumbing If It a a. shade sh tree Is II desired hardwood and free of or any detects defect insects disease etc of or fine form torm and habit nice foliage foliage fo- fo liage lage and moderately quick growth the oriental sycamore cannot be surpassed In almost Another Is t the an any locality sycamore maple of or which the tho green Teen and andred andred andred red varieties aro are the best esp especially In a awell awell awell well drained location This tree is of or ofa ora a m medium size and therefore is appropriate appropriate appropriate for narrow narro streets and avenues or for lawn planting forming g a tree Quite quile ornamental tal Corky Elm Well Shaped Cork Corky elm Is Js a good od variety of oC elm making making- a n well shaped tree trea with Its ts dark green foliage e Is ver very effective e It is the only elm variety t that t Is seldom attacked by tho the pernicious elm or r blood scale Soft sort or silver maple Is a good variety va va- If IC properly pruned durin during the first years cart to a symmetrical I shape otherwise It t grows straggly and breaks down easily the wood being brittle In the tho you young trees roes Other maples a as tho Iho Norway Nor and aro are good trees tree but of or slow growth Our native e box elder eider I is a fine tree treo It If f trimmed quite liable however how how- how how- ever to harbor green reen aphis There are four varieties of or ash treo used quite extensively the the white or American a asi aHI the black ek or European the ho green ash a a. a Ver very fine tr tree e. e and the blue ash ash ah which which- last variety cannot al always always always al- al ways withstand a 9 severe winter inter All AU other ash trees aro arc aro good goal o d har hardwood trees treos Jr Ir f kept free fre from the scale Poplars Poplar Inferior Trees Treos Poplars of any Rny variety are Inferior Interior trees brittle liable to scale cale and borers berets wood rood worms Ati and I especially for street Wanting planting l nUng the they are aro ire ha low rooted damaging sidewalks sidewalks' and curbing and In some la cases cs rooting along sewer pipes and ca causing causing- casing these to break The rhe he only advantage advantage ta tage c in planting these Is lis for quick d as fliers fillers rs between hardwood trees trees where after a 1 few years cars may be bo re removed ro- ro moved mo or orthey thc they may mas' be planted on moist or alkali lands where other ether r varieties will not thriS Linden trees should ho ld be bo planted moro more extensively e especially on small homo home omo grounds and aurl narrow avenues Both the tJ-ie American and European n varieties are aro arc line fino trees free of ot dl disease or Insects and grow in various arlous soil soB soIls but preferably in moist tics For ornamental trees to be hc planted on a lawn or for tor a II border to form proper landscape several Itc flowering trees or trees with line fine foliage to can pin bo ho selected such as the tho h. h hAWthorn thorn red rc-d or or pink catalpa a red bud tree trpe tulip tree varnish tree green and purple birch white hit and am and several se trees tree with peculiar foliage ns as- the as-the the purple plum etc cle An Any of or these se selected selected so- so with good judgment will t create creato beautiful surroundings Fruit trees 3 e cape c pe- pe clatl daily cr crabapple cherry cherr- and walnut arc are aregood good rood for ornamental purposes as IS well as being pron profitable ta bl fI Uses of Shrubs The best uses to make of or shrubs roses etc Is for tor bordering grounds or grouping on a lawn a as a setting or 01 framIng framing fram fram- ing of or a a. bulk building cI close o to the tho walls wall and I porches They The mB may be bo effectively cly Int Intermixed intermixed inter Inter- r mixed with perennial flowering plants and hardy bulbs bulb but the they should not be bo planted Individually ls' scattered on on a n. lawn except those which display ll play a continual beauty b by foliage or habit of or growth Varieties Recommended Besides the well well known shrubbery the Iho following varieties are to be bo recommended recommended mended Fors th Golden Bell Hell Variegated Althea Japanese Snowball Silver Bell Dell Hides Halesia n Ode ana Hydrangea K Kerra globe flower flowering flowering flow now ering crab double amond China plum s and Deutzias etc The Tho success ss of or ro es depends for thi mo th greatest part on the locality where the they are grown for tor or while th they y require a rich richloam richloam loam thero should be he ample drainage for soO good 1 success They should be pruned yearly earl and some somo varieties severely to insure an abundance of ot young oung shoots for blooming and should should- be w well H ferl I A few rew of or the tho best outdoor roses rOBes for I continual bloom arc Gruss Grus ann tz red Rhea Reid scarlet Hermosa pink Mrs Irs Aaron Ward coppery copper orange Augusta white be- be mil many n others Roses should be bc planted plants in beds or groups and bordered border d with low growing dwarf d roses like the tho Planting Small Factor In Ii decorating a home ground or park the planting as as' as Imp Important as It Jt Is Js is ts a asmaH small factor In comparison with the maintenance Trees and shrubs should bj bS trained to lo proper shape and made mado to thrive by continual cultivation pruning spraying etc elc Of the number of failures among trees treos 20 0 per cent of oC the loss is Js caused by being planted too late lato and another 20 per cent b by Incorrect planting plant plant- ing for instance in neglecting to trim the roots root but tho the balance of or the failures allures 1 is 18 caused by and Improper cultivation Trees shrubbery roses rosc etc are arc pruned with the object of or pr procuring a R asymmetrical asymmetrical symmetrical shape shape- and to Insure a healthy well velL balanced condition of oC same ame and In lii the case caso of or flowering or shrubs fruit trees trets Rm small H fruit bush bushes etc otc to Insure a yearly call flower and fruit crop One must therefore poss possess s a R knowledge o of ot the Ute different parts of or the tree or bush limbs branches leaf lear and flower buds buels etc before beCore the operation of or pruning or training is un un- un- un From observation atron of or tho the great c number of or heel which are converted by some somo tree butchers to tho the shape of or a 3 hall tree In despair It seems advisable to apply for for- fora ori a 0 Instruction and information on by many who are arc now ruthlessly attackIng attack attack- ing our trees with saw flaw and hatchet tho the shape of ot the tree and thereby the appearance of or tho the landscape Now Is the tho time to prune pruno and trim and we will give advice ad to assist In making this work worle successful Our next bulletin but will demonstrate the tho principles of or beautifying the home surround surroundings |
