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Show He who plants a tree, he plants love: IVms of coolness spreading out above. -Larcom. Y THEIR grateful shade trees screen us from the too fervid heat of the sun. They abate the winds and protect from the chilling blasts of winter. Their leaves prevent the ,w spread of germ- laden dust and help to purify the air. They encour- , J age the birds and save our crops from many an insect injury. They lend a grace and beauty to every homestead and every roadway road-way that they border. For shade, trees should be planted wherever it is desirable to be shielded from the hot rays of the summer sun. Not all shade is agreeable. The ! shade of some trees is too dense and I others too light. A heavy woolen l blanket properly suspeuded will make ', a shade: so will mssquito netting, but ' it would not be best to use either. ! Trees with a close, compact head and lare. heavy leaves may make too ; dense a shade. ' There is much bad tree planting, ! and even worse lack of care after I planting. Much has been written about j how planting should be done. It may ; be well to note a few things that ! should not be done. The following 1 are some of the Lhings to be avoided: 1. Don't plant trees that are more than from four to six years' old. i 2. Don't overcrowd trees m plant ing. 3. Don't plant trees in straight lines 4. Don't plant shade or ornamental trees in anything except good soil. 5. Don't plant a tree in a bowl-shaped bowl-shaped hole that is deeper in the center cen-ter than elsewhere. 6. Don't forget to cut off all mangled or broken roots. 7 Don t fail to apply a mulch to a 1 ..vdSVWV. ' . . - ' -a-r- ' v.-. '..V Awwr;-, . ; . : - . .5 IT : 1. i An Enjoyable Shade, the Result 01 Somebody's Planting. transplanted tree if there is the slightest slight-est danger of drought . Don't allow trees to be used as hitching posts. 9. L-on't forget that gocd shade trees are the result of intelligent choice anc care. i |
