. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. for the spring of 1893 cultivated and for sale. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. Copyrighted COMPAI Fig. 16. Heaviest growth in bottom branches; hence not well suitedfor street planting, where long trunks are desira- ble. See No. 23. THE SOIL IN WHICH TO PLANT. 16. Land well suited to gar- den crops, or to wheat and corn, is suitable for trees and vines and lawns. The soil needs thor- ough cultivation and enriching for trees no less than to pro- duce a good crop of corn. If the average culture
. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. for the spring of 1893 cultivated and for sale. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. Copyrighted COMPAI Fig. 16. Heaviest growth in bottom branches; hence not well suitedfor street planting, where long trunks are desira- ble. See No. 23. THE SOIL IN WHICH TO PLANT. 16. Land well suited to gar- den crops, or to wheat and corn, is suitable for trees and vines and lawns. The soil needs thor- ough cultivation and enriching for trees no less than to pro- duce a good crop of corn. If the average culture given to the crop named were be stowed on trees, es- pecially for the first years after planting, reports of failure in planting would rarely be heard. If the soil where you wish to plant trees is very dry and Fig. 77. Heaviest growth at the top, inducing the tree to have a high trunk; hence well suited for street planti?ig. See No. 23. gravelly or if the top earth is very shallow, or the site is that of an old dead tree, a good, thrifty growth can be obtained by making special preparations. These should consist of digging out the sterile earthfor a space of say five feet across by two feet deep, and filling in the hole thus made with fresh loam in which to do the planting. Vines against houses or veranda-posts often fail because the soil here is the hard subsoil dug from the cellar. Under such circumstances, furnish good earth and plenty of it for the plant. 17. THE SOIL SHOULD BE WELL DRAINED. Few kinds of trees or plants, none in the fruit class, succeed in wet land* A soil too wet for raising good winter wheat is too wet for trees. This may be known if the water stands in the furrows for half a week or more after the first frost has left the earth in the spring, or after a heavy rain has ceased. Drain such land before planting it to trees. 18. HOW TO HEEL-IN TREES AND PLANTS. One way of heeling-in is illus- trated in Fig. 18. First a good- sized trench is thrown out to one
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