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days of spring. Now where this is delayed till spring, it 
is often quite late before the ground is ready to work ; 
and if the season be backward, it is all the more impor- 
tant to have them in their places. Nurserymen generally 
not only send out the first choice in the fall, but give the 
trees a more careful handling, as they have more time at 
command. If not ready to set the trees, it may be better 
to secure the stock and heel in till ready. 
Spring planting will suit better than fall in Northern 
latitudes, where the ground freezes very deep, or where 
the soilis heavy and heaves with frost. At the North 
the trees are liable to be thrown up by alternate freezing 
and thawing, and the roots are often injured by being 
saturated with water in a heavy undrained soil. If the 
situation is very much exposed, staking may save the 
rootlets from being twisted off. If delayed till spring, 
always do this work as early as the circumstances will 
allow. 
KerEPING A Recorp.—When different varieties of 
quinces have been planted in the same orchard, it will be 
useful to preserve a record or map of the location of 
each variety, as the labels on the trees soon fade, and 
memory is not to be trusted in years of change. Such a 
record will be found valuable for the use of new propri- 
etors, and, in case of the death or remoyal of the planter, 
will be of much importance. No system of labeling can 
be of equal value. 
Errects oF Winp.—Whether winds will benefit or 
injure trees will depend on their character, and the 
degree of force with which they move. The swaying of 
the limbs and branches of trees as they are movel by the 
common winds that blow in every direction are beneficial, 
serving for them the purpose that exercise does for the 
animal creation. All know that exercise strengthens and 
promotes growth, and only becomes injurious wien it is 
