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carry the young seedlings with the roots immersed 

 in a pail of water, and it is advantageous to have two 

 persons work together in planting, one to use the 

 spade and the other to carry the plants and place 

 them in the earth. Sometimes "it is best to cut the 

 stems of the seedlings just above the second or third 

 bud from the ground. The advisability of doing 

 this, however, would depend on the kind of tree. 



Young trees as well as old deserve admiration, 

 and there is always pleasure in watching a grove 

 develop. 



PLANTING MEDIUM-SIZED TREES 



Trees of nursery size, ranging from one-half inch 

 to three or four inches in diameter, will of course 

 usually be planted. Such trees can be dug with a 

 good supply of roots and should grow, directly from 

 the time they are planted, into sturdy specimens. 



In planting a tree, a hole should be made somewhat 

 wider than the spread of its roots and a little deeper 

 than these roots extended below the surface of the 

 ground in the nursery. Some of the soil will then 

 be put back into the hole in a finely pulverized con- 

 dition, and the roots placed upon this refilled earth 

 at a height with regard to the ground's surface a 



