. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 196 Canadian Forestry Journal, May, 1919 HOW TO PLANT MEMORIAL TREES. Scores of Societies Will Establish Shaded Avenues and Roadways in Remem- brance of Heroic Soldiers The first essential in planting a shade tree is to prepare a good large hole for it. If it seems needlessly large, all the better. In that case there will be plenty of loose soil around the roots, through which the little rootlets will be the better enabled to feel their way in their search for the soil-moisture. One American city, where the shade trees ar
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 196 Canadian Forestry Journal, May, 1919 HOW TO PLANT MEMORIAL TREES. Scores of Societies Will Establish Shaded Avenues and Roadways in Remem- brance of Heroic Soldiers The first essential in planting a shade tree is to prepare a good large hole for it. If it seems needlessly large, all the better. In that case there will be plenty of loose soil around the roots, through which the little rootlets will be the better enabled to feel their way in their search for the soil-moisture. One American city, where the shade trees are under a special com- mission, always makes holes four feet square and three and a half feet deep. These are left for a time and gradually filled ud with loose ^oil, fertilized if necessary; and, when the time comes that the tree is to be planted, a hole is scooped in the loose earth, a little larger than the mass of tree roots, and the tree is planted in this hole. ; Care of the Soil. At the least the hole should be large enough to accommodate the roots of the tree without crowding. The fine top soil first taken out should be put aside by itself, and the coarser soil taken from lower down should be similarly put aside. The tree should be put in the hole in such a way that it will stand a couple of inches deeper than it stood in the nursery. Then, first of all, the fine top soil should be put back in the hole and tramped around the roots, after which the coarser soil may be thrown in. All soil must be firmly packed around the roots, except the two or three inches at the surface, which should be left loose, in order to lessen evaporation from the soil. Any gravel there may be had better be removed altogether. If the soil is poor, it may be fertilized with artificial fertilizer or well rotted manure, but care should be taken that none of the latter is allowed to be in direct contact with the roots. The reason for putting the top soil in first is that it contains more plant food
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