J28 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



pens that a plant is exposed to the air for 

 hours together, by being jostled, approved, 

 and rejected perhaps twenty times in seek- 

 ing the proper kind for mixture. Thus, it 

 is not uncommon to hear a dialogue of this 

 kind : " Give rne a Larch, boy no, here's 

 one at my back a Beech." " There's a 

 Beech at your foot, father/' *' Well, give, 

 me an elm. " You planted one last; will 

 an Ash do ?" " Aye no, John has just put 

 in one ; give me an Oak, &c." 



By this mode, is the mixture so well 

 formed, are the roots of the plants less ex- 

 posed ; or, does the operation of planting 

 proceed so fast^ and with so little confusion 

 as in that above stated ? 



Trivial as this matter may seem, it is of 

 no small importance it certainly merits 

 our consideration. For, independent of 

 the difference of injury done the roots by 

 exposure, there is frequently more time 

 wasted in looking for, and fixing on the 

 plant, than in planting it; nor is it possible 

 the mixture can be so completely formed. 



In the case of grouping, or when two or 

 three kinds only compose the mixture, and 



