TRANSPLANTING TREES 



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is handy and efficient. The plant -box recom- 

 mended to parties who grew plants for exhibition 

 at the World's Fair is shown in Fig. 52. It is 

 made of strong boards or planks. At A is shown 

 the inside of one of two opposite sections or 

 sides, four feet wide at top, three feet wide at 

 bottom and three feet high. The cleats are two- 

 by-four scantlings, through which holes are bored 

 to admit the bolts with which the box is to be 

 held together. B is an outside view of one of 

 the alternating sections, 

 three feet four inches 

 wide at top, two feet 

 four inches at bottom, 

 and three feet deep. 

 A one -by -six strip is 

 nailed through the cen- 

 ter to give strength. 

 C is an end view of 

 A, showing the bolts 

 and also a two-by-four 

 cleat to which the bottom is to be nailed. This 

 box was used mostly for transporting large 

 growing stock to the exposition, the stock having 

 been dug from the open and the box secured 

 around the ball of earth. 



Very large trees can often be moved with safety. 

 It is essential that the transplanting be done 

 when the trees are perfectly dormant, winter 

 being preferable, that a large mass of earth and 



51. Plant-box with a move- 

 able side. 



