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Title: The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste
Year: 1846 (1840s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : Luthur Tucker
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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nfinement of vicious boys, now and then, for four or five days in a lock-up ; but between the pleasure and comfort of walking under the shade of trees in the hot,sultry days of July and August, and the indulgence of the evil propensities of unrestrainedurchins, there should not be much hesitation in choosing. When the English sparrowswere introduced here, police regulations were enforced, because the sparrows cost money.Our native birds are now also coming into the city, showing that if they had been protectedthey would have remained with us. In planting trees on streets or roads it is absolutely necessary to supply them liberallywith good fresh soil; the holes should be dug out four or five feet across, and be from twoand a half to three feet deep; all the earth taken out should be thrown away, and the hole,when the tree is planted, filled up with fresh garden soil, or the top soil of an old pasturefield, first paring ofi the sod. No manure or earth from the wood pile should be mixed
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#- ^ s^^^24§sS 312 Ornamental Weepinff Trees. with it, as all such materials undergo a fermentative process when mixed in the soil in anyquantity; this is highly injurious to the roots of a tree, causing decay in the young rootsas soon as they begin to push out. The earth should be firmly trodden down as it is filledin, and care be taken that it is well distributed among the fibrous roots of the tree. Thetree should be well staked and braced against the effects of the winds, and the surface wellmulched with long stable manure, leaves, or similar material. By a little extra care andexpense in planting, two or three years time in the growth of the tree may be gained in thefirst eight or ten years after planting. The trees best suited for street planting are the Sugar Maple; the Silver-leaved Maple,of very rapid growth; the Scarlet Maple, also a rapid grower; the European SycamoreMaple, a species with large, deep green foliage and spreading branches, and a rapid grower. The Catalpa is a

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