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grows, it should be pressed, in order to drain 

 out as much moisture as possible, and having 

 boxes prepared of sufficient size for the young 

 trees, (which may in some instances be short- 

 ened in their branches), I lay in the bottom 

 of tlic box as much moss as will, when pressed 

 with the foot, remain of the thickness of four 

 inches. A layer of the plants should then be 

 put thereon, observing that the shoots of each 

 do not touch, and that the space of four 

 inches be left round the sides; after this, another 

 layer of moss, about two inches thick, is 

 placed, and then more plants ; and I thus pro- 

 ceed, till after the whole of the plants are 

 pressed down as tight as possible, and the box 

 filled within four inches of the top, which 

 space must be filled with the moss; the con- 

 tents are then trodden down with the foot, 

 and the box nailed closely up. 



When trees are intended to be sent to dis- 

 tant countries, I should advise such to be se- 

 lected as are small and healthy, and when ar- 

 rived at their place of destination, they should 

 be cut down quite close, even to the second 

 or third eye from the graft, or in trees not 

 grafted, as near the former year's wood as 

 possible ; and having prepared beds according 

 to the following mode, let them be planted 

 therein, to serve as a nursery; for trees of 



