. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. Fig. 68.—Trees three inches in caliper and over should be guyed with wires in three directions. The wires should pass through pieces of hose where they touch the tree. Fig. 69.—Dynamite can be used to simplify the digging of holes and to loosen a stiff sub- soil and improve drainage conditions. In this sketch (A) is the cracked and loosened sub- soil; (B) the broken subsoil dug out, enriched, if possible, with well rotted manure, and replaced; (C) the topsoil firmed in around the roots; and (D) either top or subsoil loosely filled in
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. Fig. 68.—Trees three inches in caliper and over should be guyed with wires in three directions. The wires should pass through pieces of hose where they touch the tree. Fig. 69.—Dynamite can be used to simplify the digging of holes and to loosen a stiff sub- soil and improve drainage conditions. In this sketch (A) is the cracked and loosened sub- soil; (B) the broken subsoil dug out, enriched, if possible, with well rotted manure, and replaced; (C) the topsoil firmed in around the roots; and (D) either top or subsoil loosely filled in and kept loose. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jennings, Arthur J; Johnson, Leonard H. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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