Walking home from the Dinky through Princeton University's campus, my eye was drawn to two struggling trees amidst the splendor:
Why browned oak leaves in early summer?
Maybe this newly planted tree, with only a few green leaves left at the tips of branches, simply didn't get enough water, but another factor is its size. The bigger the tree being transplanted, the bigger the shock, not to mention the sticker shock. Hopefully it will recover and leaf out fully next spring.
Signs telling of recent pesticide application don't give one the warmest feeling,
but it's the only way to keep some of the university's remaining American elms alive (probably through injection into the trunk). This one isn't as graceful as some elms, but shows the distinctive vase-like shape that made elms such a wonderful street tree before Dutch Elm disease arrived on the continent.
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