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QUINCUNX PLANTING. 



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Care in Lifting, Packing, and Planting. Trees are too commonly 

 taken up in such a way that their roots are seriously injured, and 

 though in removing them from the nursery beds the plants must 

 necessarily suffer to some extent, yet care will reduce the injury to a 

 minimum. Every care should be taken in lifting the trees to preserve 

 as many of the roots as possible, and more especially the small and 

 delicate fibres. The more there are broken and bruised the greater will 

 be the loss to the trees, as they are all required to assist growth. If 

 trees could be lifted with every fibre intact, as may be done with a 

 plant turned out of a pot, it would be an advantage. This, however, 

 is impossible, but the closer we can approach this state of affairs the 

 better. When the trees are taken up, the roots should not be exposed 

 to the atmosphere more than can be helped. Too frequently trees are 

 left exposed for long periods, and consequently they are seriously injured. 

 Deciduous trees will stand a little more neglect in this respect than 

 others, but exposure is hurtful, and should be avoided. Evergreens, and 

 more especially the Citrus family, will be seriously injured if their roots 

 are exposed only for a very short period to a dry atmosphere. Exposure 

 of the roots for a few minutes to a harsh drying wind will, in most cases, 

 cause the leaves to wither and fall, and the loss of foliage is a serious 

 drawback to the plant, and may prove fatal. Every care should, then, 

 be taken in handling and packing that the roots are covered from the 

 time the plants are lifted till they are fixed in their places. In planting 

 all kinds of fruit trees and Grape vines, care should be taken to allow 

 ample room for development, or otherwise they cannot become thrifty, 

 large, and long-lived plants. Particular directions upon this point will 

 be found in the articles dealing specially with each kind of fruit. Care 

 should also be taken not to plant too deeply, a mistake that is very often 



