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Forestry Quarterly. 



With the plant in place, the third blade of the machine, at C, is 

 closed over the plant by raising the lever D. The machine is then 

 in the position shown in Fig. 2. It is thrust into the ground with 

 the foot on the tread H until the base of the flare, E, is level with 

 the surface. Then the machine is rotated in a clockwise direc- 

 tion, meanwhile pulling the lever F at the top of the machine to 

 the handle at G. This opens the blades as shown in Fig. 3, and 

 releases the plant. At the same time the rotating blades thrust 

 soil in around the plant, and thus pack it firmly in a core of earth. 



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