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and this may not be what we are looking for either. 

 If it has been transplanted several times, or cut 

 under, so as to cause it to throw out a new system 

 of small roots from near the tree, it is a proper tree 

 for our purpose, and with careful handling we will 

 make a success in changing it from the nursery to 

 its new habitation. The object we attain by this 

 transplanting or root pruning, is the cutting off of 

 straggling long roots and compelling a new growth 

 that we can secure when we lift it. If we could 

 practically get all these long roots and preserve 

 them carefully, the tree would be as sure to grow 

 as if we had given it the above described treat- 

 ment, but this is so near impossible as to be so 

 practically. 



A tree for the lawn should be any where from 3 

 feet upward, according to the price the purchaser 

 is willing to pay, and the risk he is willing to take 

 with it. After a tree is 3 feet high it is as sure to 

 grow as it will be at any time after, and as it gets 

 more age and size the chances are that we shall get 

 a lesser proportion of roots to the top and thereby 

 decrease our chances of success. Unless staked 

 solidly after planting, too, the larger trees are more 

 apt to be loosened by the winds. 



Another cause has added to the supposed uncer- 

 tainty of introducing. them, which is the practice of 

 planting them in the lawn or front yard in the 

 grass. This is where they want them, but they do 

 not want to grow there, and will not without 

 many precautions being taken, In many cases 



