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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 soil is 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. 



KEEPING A EECORD. 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 removal of the planter, 

 will be of much importance. No system of labeling can 

 be of equal value. 



EFFECTS OF WIND. 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 moved 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 when it is 



