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trees are liable to be thrown out by the freezings and 

 thawiugs of winter, if they are not i)lanted sufficiently 

 early to allow the settling of the soil about the roots 

 before the ground freezes. When planted in autumn 

 the trees should receive a heap of earth about their 

 trunk and over the roots. If the trees to be j)lanted 

 can be obtained at a period in the fall when one may 

 reasonably expect fine weather and warm rains to 

 assist in settling the earth, before it is frozen, the 

 hurry and uncertainty of a late spring should be 

 avoided by autumn planting. The season best adapted 

 to the transplanting of the Pear is, that short period 

 before the connnencement of -severe frosts when the 

 leaves and wood are perfectly ripened, and the for- 

 mer easily parts from the tree. At this j^eriod, the 

 great How of sap to the leaves has ceased, and every 

 cut and bruised rootlet will receive a covering of 

 healing tissue, through which, within a few days, root- 

 lets will push out. 



During the fall and spring, when the ground is not 

 frozen, these radicles are increasing, and are ready to 

 commence their office when the first leaves begin to 

 put forth. Not only do the wounded roots send forth 

 fibres, but twigs of the pear-wood which have been 

 properly layered in late sunnner will be well provided 

 with spongioles. Trees removed in early autumn, 

 with care, will scarcely show any check, arid will often 

 fruit as well the first season after planting as if they 

 had not been disturbed. 



Trees received from France, which have been dug 

 when wood and leaf were fully ripened, will, on their 

 arrival here, exhibit on their pruned roots, and even 



