HEELING-IN WITHERED TREES. 103 



will often exhibit a, vigorous growth, and ripened 

 fruit. 



IIEELING-IX. 



When trees arrive at an inconvenient time for their 

 j^ermaneut planting, they should be immediately 

 lieeled-in. A trench should be dug nearly a foot 

 deep, taking care to throw all the earth upon one side, 

 to form a bank sloping to the bottom of the ditch. In 

 this trench place the roots of the trees close together, 

 permitting their bodies to recline against the bank ; 

 then sprinkle the earth upon the roots as in planting, 

 taking care to leave no spaces for mice to harbor in, 

 or which will expose the roots to frost, or the drying 

 influence of the atmosphere. If the trees are to 

 remain any length of time, and particularly through 

 the winter, this is a labor that must not be slighted, 

 and the trees should receive nearly as much care as 

 in permanent planting. 



When slightly inclined, the trees are more readily 

 covered, and can be removed with less injury to their 

 roots. If the trees in this position should commence 

 growing before it is convenient to plant them, the 

 growth may immediately be checked by lifting them 

 sufficiently to detach the soft spongioles forming. 



TREATMENT OF WITHERED TREES. 



When the roots of trees that arrive from the nursery 

 appear dry, if the branches are not withered, it will 

 be sufficient to plunge them for an hour into a thin 

 mortar of clay or earth ; but when the trunk and 

 branches present a shrunken and withered a[)pear- 

 ance, they should be at once laid at length in a shal- 



