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THE TRANSPLANTING OF EVERGREENS 



(Mary Penrose to Barbara Campbell) 

 Woodridge, August 8. Back again in our camp, we 

 thought to pause awhile, rest on our oars, and drift 

 comfortably with the gentle summer tide of things. 

 We have transplanted all the ferns and wild herbs 

 for which we have room, and as a matter of course 

 trees and shrubs must wait until they have shed their 

 leaves in October. That is, all the trees that do shed. 

 The exceptions are the evergreens, of which the river 

 woods contain any number in the shape of hemlocks, 

 spruces, and young white pines, the offspring, I take 

 it, of a plantation back of the Windom farm, for we have 

 not found them anywhere else. 



The best authorities upon the subject of evergreens 

 say that trees of small size should be transplanted 

 either in April, before they have begun to put on 

 their dressy spring plumes, or, if the season be not 

 too hot and dry, or the distance considerable, in Au- 

 gust, after this growth has matured, time thus being 

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