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Show Depth to Plant a Tree. As to tho depth to plant a tree. It teems to be the general Idea that the futurn prosperity of the tree la pro-portlonatn pro-portlonatn lo the depth and firmness Willi which It It plsred In the ground, and tho percentnga that plant ton ihallow la almost too Insignificant to bo worth considering, for the alnnlnc It all In the opposite direction I,nok for tho mark made by tho earth on the trunk of tho tree whan It atood In the nursery, and going by that, you will make no mlstako. Tho roots want warmth, light and molit-urc, molit-urc, audi aa they recelvo when placnd properly, but when hermetically acaled two lo three feet In tho ground, It It Impossible to develop any vlgnrntia root ncllon white contending con-tending ngalnat the terribly handlcap-Ing handlcap-Ing conditions (llvo your tree plen ty ot feeding ground, plenty ot good, fibrous earth, and It the plnoa of planting Is not naturally suitable, dig It out deep and put In what Is needed, need-ed, Suburban Life. |