j]HEN our house was built, and 

 the lawn prepared for their re- 

 ception, we made our first ex- 

 periment in moving good-sized 

 trees in the month of January, when we 

 transplanted two large Norway Maples, 

 given to us by a friend on condition that 

 we would take them away at that time, as 

 otherwise they would be destroyed by 

 some grading that was going on where 

 they stood. 



Fortunately, it was an open winter, with 

 no frost in the ground, and there was no 

 difficulty about digging. I personally con- 

 ducted the procession, and insisted upon 

 having the diggers begin at the outside, 

 and work in toward the trunk, so as to 

 save all the little roots. It was slow and 

 careful work, and it took all day to move 

 two trees. They were too heavy to lift 

 with a ball of earth, as we had no special 

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