Gardening in California, landscape and flower . a newly planted tree or shrub, greatcare must be taken to prevent the bark from being injured throughrubbing against the stake. In order to prevent this, a paddingof old rubber or a wisp of straw, or some other soft material, [52] Planting and Transplanting should be placed between the stake and the stem of the tree. Aplant, which has been staked, should be examined about oncea month to see that the tie is not cutting into the bark by thenatural swelling of the stem, or that the padding has not beenforced out of position, thus allowing the bark t
Gardening in California, landscape and flower . a newly planted tree or shrub, greatcare must be taken to prevent the bark from being injured throughrubbing against the stake. In order to prevent this, a paddingof old rubber or a wisp of straw, or some other soft material, [52] Planting and Transplanting should be placed between the stake and the stem of the tree. Aplant, which has been staked, should be examined about oncea month to see that the tie is not cutting into the bark by thenatural swelling of the stem, or that the padding has not beenforced out of position, thus allowing the bark to rub against thestake by the action of the wind. After the planting and staking is all completed, it is a goodplan to mulch the ground with horse-manure half-rotted, spreadto a depth of about three inches. Mulching is a good means ofpreserving the moisture and keeping the soil at an even tempera-ture. It also prevents the soil from cracking, and proves beneficialthrough its substance being washed into the soil by rains orartificial Lawn Outline. Eucalyptus and Conifers. [53] Gardening in California CHAPTER VI. LAWNS. IN preparing the part of the site which it has been decidedshall be laid out in Lawn, it is of great importance, and will prove to be true economy, to see that the preliminary work isdone with the utmost carefulness, for if proper care is taken atthis stage, there will not be the annoyance, the loss of time orthe expense of having to dig up the lawn and practically do thework over again, which so often has been experienced by ownersof homes where the lawns were made by men who either werecareless or did not thoroughl)^ understand what was necessaryto be done. As this preliminary work varies to a certain extent accordingto the class of soil, it will be well in this chapter on Lawn-makingto refer to the four most usual classes of soil met with, namely,clay, brown loam, black dobe and light sandy soil. When the soil is clay, it is necessary that it be tren
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