PLANTING AND TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS. 121 



branches are preserved from injmy by the trunks being 

 kept erect. 



"^Mien the tree is placed in its new site, it is most im- 

 portant that it should be properly and securely fixed. 

 To accomplish this object, the earth should be rammed 

 in firmly below the ball, so as to give the root a solid 

 seat, and to prevent the roots from mo\-ing when the 

 upper part of the tree is acted on by the wind. The 

 roots and fibres should then be carefully laid out and 

 covered with fr'esli loam or emiched soil. T\lien the 

 earth is made up nearly to the natm-al level of the 

 gromid, three strong wooden pins six or eight inches in 

 diameter should be diiven down to the same level, near 

 the outside of the hole, and forming a triangle with the 

 tree in the centre. To these pins are to be nailed thi^e 

 strong slabs of wood, completing the sides of the triangle, 

 and laying fast hold on the ball or principal roots of the 

 tree. The operation is then finished by filling up and 

 beating in the earth to the level of the surface. Trees 

 so planted will resist almost any amount of wind, and 

 be free from the unsightly appliances of stakes, props, 

 ropes, and heaps of stones often placed round them to 

 maintain then' upright position. 



Planting and Transplanting of Evergreens. — The dis- 

 tribution of evergi'cen trees and shmbs is among the 

 most interesting operations in the fonnation and im- 

 provement of pleasure-grounds : in the fii^st, they give 

 at once a clothed appearance to what was bare ground ; 

 and in the second, by their change of position they 

 effect an almost entire alteration in the scenery of the 

 place. Success, however, requii'es not only cai-efid exe- 

 cution, but also due attention to the proper seasons for 

 the performance of the work. 



