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can be conceived, the result of exquisite organi- 

 zation, prepare it for the nourishment of the plant. 

 It then returns downward, betwixt the bark and 

 alburnum, and in its descent is distributed lateral- 

 ly to every part of the plant, until it reaches 

 (finally) the extremities of the roots." 



TRANSPLANTING. 



In the removal of trees, care is necessary to 

 obtain as much of the roots as possible, and in re- 

 setting, that none are doubled back and distorted. 

 Cutting off smoothly the end of each root that 

 may be broken, or cut by the spade, is indispen- 

 sable, and all fibrous roots that are injured should 

 also be cut close to the root upon which they are 

 attached ; the root or stem should be pressed close 

 down upon the soil, so as to place the roots in a 

 horizontal direction, and all of them drawn out 

 straight like a fan, or rays verging from a centre 

 to a semicircle, and the soil thrown evenly over. 

 Trees should not be shaken, or lifted up and down, 

 after the earth is placed upon their roots, as is 

 too generally practised ; for when a tree is thus 

 raised up, the smaller roots will be drawn out of 

 their places, and when the stem is thrust down 

 again, the roots, being too weak to force their 

 way back into the soil, will be doubled up, which 

 often causes knobs, and throws out suckers ; nei- 

 ther will the earth require to be trodden down 

 hard, but gently ; or if the soil be that of a dry or 

 loose loamy nature, setting in puddle (which is to 

 water as you set it) is an excellent process. Co- 

 pious watering, after a tree is set, is often very 

 prejudicial, as it will frequently wash away the 

 soil, and leave open spaces around the roots. 



