CHAPTER XI. 



Planting Stumps Trimming the roots Nursery plants-^ 

 " With ball " Continuance of rain needful Old plants 

 Puddling Disposition of roots Method of planting 

 Care preferable to mere expedition With the crowbar 

 The diamond dibber Dibbling Slit planting, 



"PLANTING," or the actual operation of putting 

 out the young trees, is the most important work of 

 all, and should be most carefully executed, as on its 

 success depend the prospects of the estate. 



Stumps, as described in a previous chapter, are 

 hardier and safer in a general way than whole 

 plants, more especially in uncertain weather. They 

 will strike readily, even without rainfall for some 

 little time after being put in, provided the ground 

 has become sufficiently moist to prevent their being 

 burnt up. The roots should be previously trimmed 

 with the knife, and the stump cut smoothly off 

 some six inches above them. The object of pruning 

 the roots is that any ends which have been bruised 

 or torn during the removal of the plant from its 

 original home, may be cleanly dressed ; and also 



