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True Way To Water Trees

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
July
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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If trees standing in grass gioui;dvare iiitenil, suiïucu aiound nbout tli lody, tor three or iour fet in enoli dincion, hhoukl bü covei'.-d with mulch pi omu sort, to rutard eraporation. il üi je labor lost to water trees on the lawn vitliout exercising this "precaution, fíe he water will disai.pear b foro a hnnIredth parUf it has rí"a ' e ' tli ; roo , itruw, hny, lawn-gras-, vced, simvmyi-. r tiin-baik wiU make au eiCuUenl nulch. öpread the muloh threti er nches deij), pour two or three paULuis ü ivater uiound eacÖ tree, and the watt! ivill porraeato the entire soil, keep il lamp, and supply the moisture which the Iree must havu oy díe. If the boil is in a tillable conditie.;. Iraw the eaith away t'rom the tiee to thi iepth of cue or two inch es, pour in two or three pails of water, and return tlu meilow earthwhich will keep the surfaci from bamiig. Yut mulch is fui preferabU to the latter mode. When the soil appears ufftTÏy dry lo the touch, the root cim not possibly durive the noeded supply of wator to keep the leaves and branches frotó injnry during the rapid evaporation wbich is going on at night and day. When the atmosphere is as dry and hot as the aii in Q hoge lumber-kün, it will have the nioisturo in every tree and plant itnd the UlUlSLUrti Ui OU1 UUUice, cYti .. v . bot air) has tü Uia it (the cooisture) out of the hide." Henee we must drink, and the roots of the trees and plants mui supplieü with water or they wither and die, Many persons soatter the grass from their lawns and the weeds from thcii gardens in the highway, which horticultura in many respects. It t li ■ would spread such prass and v around their growinp; flowers or an any galdón Vegetable, the luulob WOuld s.tve the labor of carrying many hogs he.ids ot' water t supply the planta with the necessary moistuie, and the coveriug wuuld keep the weeds down, and save H vaííc (leal oí' manual labor, and the oropt would be heavier - O'tr llame Montíüy.

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Michigan Argus