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puddle the loam as it is thrown back into the 

 excavation, as that will settle it more closely about 

 the roots than the most careful tamping. Be 

 sure to protect the roots by a liberal dressing of 

 coarse litter, and when that is removed in the 

 Spring substitute a good mulch of fine, well-rotted 

 manure. As Box is such a greedy feeder it should 

 be watered through the Summer with manure 

 water, and if this is done the results will not only 

 please but surprise you. December, after the 

 ground is well frozen, is the best time to move 

 large and very old specimens, for then a good ball 

 may be lifted with the roots very much as if they 

 were potted. The condition of the trees, the 

 quality of the soil in which they are reestablished 

 and the care and intelligence with which the trans- 

 plantation is effected seem to have more to do 

 with successful moving than anything else. 



Another good evergreen, a native of north- 

 eastern America, is the Arbor Vitae (Thuja oc- 

 cidentalis), a White Cedar of quicker growth than 

 the Red. It is a tapering tree twenty to fifty feet 

 high, with close, dense foliage that bears clipping 

 well. It is extensively used in America in formal 



