100 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



pensive method. That it would be the least 

 expensive method, is obvious ; but that it is 

 most advisable, except for the Scotch and 

 Spruce Firs, may be disputed. 



The chief property of any young tree, in- 

 tended for transplantation, consists in a mul- 

 tiplicity of healthy fibres. Hence the ne- 

 cessity of nursing, in kindly-soil, for a year 

 or two, all tap-rooted plants, for attainment 

 of this object, and that we may commit them 

 to the less genial soil, and more untoward 

 situation with greater probability of success. 

 For, whether shall we suppose the plant 

 which has both root and branch to make, 

 or that which has the latter only in the first 

 season after so important a change of habit, 

 is most likely to succeed ? The latter, cer- 

 tainly. 



From which alone may be demonstrated 

 the cause why plants of this description sur- 

 pass those of a larger size, as above stated. 

 These are raised with unbroken, tufty, and 

 fibrey roots. Those with maimed, lank, 

 fibreless ones ; nor do they, by the greatest 

 skill and attention, bear such proportion to 

 the top. Consequently, the fibrils cannot 



