. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 382 NATURE-STUDY excelsior, or burlap. Small trees may be carried in a pail or other vessel of water. Set the tree in the prepared hole. Throw in fine soil well among the roots. After the roots are covered several inches press the soil down well with a rammer or with the heel. If the soil is very dry, several pailfuls of water should now be poured on. Repeat the process of throwing in several inches of earth and stamping. The last two or three inches should not be put in hard, but left as loose as possible, to serve as a mulch t
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. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 382 NATURE-STUDY excelsior, or burlap. Small trees may be carried in a pail or other vessel of water. Set the tree in the prepared hole. Throw in fine soil well among the roots. After the roots are covered several inches press the soil down well with a rammer or with the heel. If the soil is very dry, several pailfuls of water should now be poured on. Repeat the process of throwing in several inches of earth and stamping. The last two or three inches should not be put in hard, but left as loose as possible, to serve as a mulch to prevent the evaporation of the moisture about the roots. A surface ap- plication of well-rotted manure acts as a good mulch and also as a fertilizer. The trees must not be too much crowded, else they will become slender. They grow more stocky and with more rounded crowns if they have plenty of room and light. In general, trees should be planted not closer than twenty or thirty feet, unless close grouping is es- pecially desired. As the trees get larger they may have to be thinned out, the finest and most regular being retained. After a tree is planted it should not be neglected and allowed to die. In seasons of prolonged drought newly planted trees are very apt to die from lack of moisture. Daily watering, a pailful or so, is not of much use. When trees are watered they should be given about a barrelful at a time, every two or three weeks. Careful cultivation and. Flc. 162. wild Cherry Healing Wounds. ( Cuts wantonly made to remove staples holding a barbed wire fence.). 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 work.. Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons