OCTOBER 175 



lowered down upon the platform of the 

 trolley, and the ball of earth once more is 

 wrapt in mats. 



Now begins the dragging, and pushing, 

 and pulling; there's a shove and a tug all 

 together, and the tree is fairly off on its 

 journey. Toiling along the gravel- walks, 

 the triumphal car rolls slowly on. The 

 progress may be short or long; somewhere 

 it ends, at the edge of a big hole prepared 

 in the special spot designated to receive the 

 tree. Soon he slides safely down into the 

 bed ready made in the hole. There is a 

 merry shovelling in and stamping of the 

 earth, leaving a little ditch all round to 

 hold the great watering which is the ending 

 of the work; and there the tree is left, 

 looking as if he had been there all his life. 

 Unmoved the neighbouring trees and 

 shrubs stand round, and not a green leaf 

 flutters welcome to the new-comer; it is 

 henceforth as if the transplanted tree had 

 never been anywhere else. Should the 

 tree we have to move be larger than 

 usual, it may take to do it twenty-six 

 working hours or more. 



