128 PLANTING, 



almost all the Ericaceae may be transplanted at 

 almost any age, with less danger than most other 

 plants, as from the slender and fibrous nature of 

 the great mass of their roots, they are less liable 

 to injury than woody-rooted plants. All that is re- 

 quired is, that they should be taken up with a large 

 ball of earth, and that when replanted, they should 

 be abundantly supplied with water. 



Hitherto nothing has been said especially appli- 

 cable to evergreens, whether in the open ground or 

 in pots. These being at every season of the year 

 more or less in a growing state, it is always desi- 

 rable to transplant them with balls ; and it is only 

 young plants of evergreens, such as seedling Hol- 

 lies, Portugal Laurels, and young cuttings or layers 

 of the common Laurel, Laurustinus, Sweet Bay,. 

 Phillyrea, Alaternus, Junipers, &c., which can be 

 sent to any distance with a certainty of growing 

 without balls. The common Holly, when it is 

 above three or four feet in height, requires to be 

 taken up with a ball, and that ball carefully pre- 

 served by being tied np in a mat — or, according to 

 the Dutch practice, put into a basket of wicker- 

 work. The same remark will apply to Arborvitae, 

 Junipers, Arbutus, Rhododendrons, Box, Phillyreas, 

 and even the common Laurel. 



The best season for transplanting all deciduous 

 trees and shrubs, is the autumn ; because the plant 

 has time to produce some fibres, and accommodate^ 

 itself to its new soil and situation during the win- 

 ter, so as to be prepared to grow freely the follow- 

 ing spring. Evergreens may also be transplanted 

 in autumn, or at any time in open, moist weather, 

 during autumn, winter, or early spring. In dry or 

 frosty weather, it is always dangerous to remove 



