. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. All trees need more or less pruning when transplanted ; just how much depends a great deal on the tree to be pruned. A maple, poplar, birch or elm will do with very little pruning, while an oak, beech, chestnut, walnut or ash requires severe cutting. The roots which a tree has must also be taken into consideration. If it is well furnished with roots and fibr
. Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs. All trees need more or less pruning when transplanted ; just how much depends a great deal on the tree to be pruned. A maple, poplar, birch or elm will do with very little pruning, while an oak, beech, chestnut, walnut or ash requires severe cutting. The roots which a tree has must also be taken into consideration. If it is well furnished with roots and fibres, it will require less pruning than if it has 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. A Pin Oak has very fibrous roots, as a rule, and moves quite easily without much pruning, though some will consider it advisable to do severe cutting even in its case. On the other hand, the larch, which has a very soft, sappy wood, but practically no fibres, and, in fact, but little root, must be pruned closely, to get it to transplant well. Mulching.—This consists of putting a thick layer of straw, hay or well rotted manure on the surface of the ground about the tree, covering the earth disturbed when the tree was planted. It should be put on at least three or four inches thick. Manure makes the best mulch, as it acts as a fertilizer as well,—the rains washing its substance down to the roots from time to time. 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 would otherwise be the case. 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 t
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