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spreading buttresses is far better in appearance 

 than one which stands like a post. When the drain- 

 age is away from the trunk, the water from rains 

 and snow settles in the ground where the fine roots 

 are feeding and where the moisture will do the most 

 good. 



Fourth, to plant a tree is expensive. To pre- 

 vent the waste of this expense, the tree must live 

 and to insure its life it should receive care. The 

 transplanting of a large tree is like a major operation 

 at a hospital, where the patient must remain under 

 observation and skillful treatment for some time 

 after he is operated on. Necessarily, in transplant- 

 ing big trees, large portions of the roots will be cut 

 off, the fine feeding roots that are far from the trunks 

 the roots which absorb moisture and furnish the 

 tree its life-giving sap. This supply of moisture of 

 which the tree has been deprived must be replaced 

 by artificial watering with a copious supply of water 

 so that it will penetrate the ground to the lowest 

 roots, not the watering which comes from a sprinkler, 

 which only penetrates a fraction of an inch. To 

 make sure that the water thus supplied reaches its 

 proper destination, pockets or basins should be made 

 in the surface of the ground above the roots to be 



