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increased in force and velocity ; the vessels in the 

 branches, being filled to repletion, the buds quickly 

 open, and shoots and leaves rapidly protrude ; the 

 leaves attract the sap as soon as it reaches their 

 vicinity, and, by one of the most wonderful pro- 

 cesses that can be conceived, the result of exquisite 

 organization, prepare it for the nourishment of the 

 plant. It then returns downward, betwixt the bark 

 and alburnum, and in its descent is distributed 

 laterally to every part of the plant, until it reaches 

 (finally) the extremities of the roots." 



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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 indispensable, 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 direc- 

 tion, 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 practis- 

 ed ; 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 



