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cord of proper size and strength, I took the 

 cars one fine morning in November, and 

 before noon was among the subjects for 

 remoral. The firs were cut and lifted in 

 the manner practiced on the cedars. A 

 piece of canvass of proper size was spread, 

 and the tree with the ball attached placed 

 in its centre, and the corners and sides 

 drawn up snugly and fastened around the 

 body at the base of the trunk with one end 

 of the cord. The oord was then passed 

 over and around the ball, and covering in 

 different directions till the whole was made 

 snug and firm. In this manner the desired 

 number of trees were selected and bagged. 

 A little water was then thrown on the balls, 

 to keep them moist and render the soil 

 more adhesive ; when they were loaded on 

 a wood car and taken to Syracuse, over not, 

 then, the smoothest railroad in the world. 

 The day following, some of them, and oth- 

 ers not under several days, were planted. 

 Of the number removed, six only were lost ; 

 and these nearly, or quite, all from defects 

 in the disposition and situation of the roots, 

 which could not be detected while covered 



with the earth taken up with them. The 

 size of the trees was from 7 to 10 feet, and 

 one nearly 14, in height. I have had oc- 

 casion to remove some of these trees since, 

 and found that they were bountifully sup- 

 plied with fibrous roots, thrown out at the 

 extremities of the stumps of roots cut off* in 

 taking up originally ; the stumps them- 

 selves being sound to the very end, and 

 healing over. 



The process recommended by Mr. Tho- 

 mas is, probably, the only safe one for very 

 large trees ; but requires too much and un- 

 necessary labor for those of ordinary size 

 for transplanting. The mode given by Mr. 

 Bartlett would, doubtless, prove efl'ectual, 

 but needs a little too nice an adjustment of 

 time and circumstances. If my own shall 

 be deemed to have any advantages over 

 theirs, or to encourage and facilitate the 

 transplanting of our varied and beautiful 

 native evergreens, (the principle and mode 

 of removal is applicable to them all,) it is 

 at your and your readers' service. 



T. A. S. 



Syracuse, March 1?, 1848. 



DESIGN FOR A SMALL COTTAGE. 



Our Frontispiece shows an original de- 

 sign for a small cottage, in the simple, and 

 yet somewhat ornamental style, which we 

 think best adapted for the purpose when 

 wood is the material to be employed in 

 building. 



The roof projects two feet, showing the 

 ends of the rafters as brackets. The exte- 

 rior is covered with the vertical weather- 

 boarding, described in detail in vol. i, page 

 109. For a cottage of this class, we would 

 be content with unplaned plank, the joints 

 covered with the necessary strip or fillet, 

 and the whole well painted and sanded. 



A glance at the plan of the first floor, 

 will show that its accommodation is very 

 compactly arranged. By placing all the 

 flues in one stack, no heat is lost in win- 

 ter ; and by cutting off" the corners of the 

 two principal rooms, convenient closets are 

 afforded. As, in a house of this class, the 

 kitchen is usually the room most constantly 

 occupied by the family, there is no objec- 

 tion to the entrance to the stairs being 

 placed within it. 



The plan of the second floor shows 

 four good bed-rooms, which, with the best 

 bed-room on the first floor, makes five 



