. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. In cutting a branch, take it off smoothly close to the main branch, or near a bud. Leave no stumps. All trees need more or less pruning; how much depends on the tree to be pruned. A maple, poplar, birch or elm will do with very little ; an oak, beech, chestnut, walnut or ash requires severe
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. In cutting a branch, take it off smoothly close to the main branch, or near a bud. Leave no stumps. All trees need more or less pruning; how much depends on the tree to be pruned. A maple, poplar, birch or elm will do with very little ; an oak, beech, chestnut, walnut or ash requires severe cutting. If well furnished with roots and fibres, prune less than if but a few stout roots devoid of fibres. (See Fig. 2.) In a general way, it may be said that hard wooded trees require severe pruning, while those having a soft, sappy wood need but a light one. This does not always apply. The Pin Oak and the Swamp White Oak are hard-wooded, yet move as readily as maples, and without much pruning, though some may think it better to prune even these closely ; while the Larch, a tree with soft wood, has but few roots, and is much the better for a close pruning. Mulching.—This consists of putting a layer, at least three or four inches thick, of straw, hay or well rotted manure on the surface of the ground about the tree, covering the earth disturbed when the tree is planted. Manure makes the best mulch, as it acts as a fertilizer as well,—the rains washing its substance down to the roots. We advise mulching for both Spring and Fall planted trees and shrubs. It prevents the drying out of the soil and retains moisture during the summer, and in winter the frost does not penetrate as deep as otherwise. More might be written on this subject; but we think what we have stated will be sufficient. In short, the vital points are,—a large hole, good soil tightly packed about the roots, ample pruning and a good mulching. Watering.—Customers often ask us if trees should be watered at
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