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every description, suffer so much from remo- 

 val, that unless the weather is particularly 

 favourable, they do not recover it for some 

 time, even when only transplanted in their 

 native climate. I do not think it advisable, 

 therefore, to plant them at once, where they 

 are hable to suffer from want of water, and 

 other attentions necessary to their perfect 

 growth. I therefore recommend bccis to be 

 thus prepared for them ; viz.. On some level 

 spot of ground, mark out beds five feet wide, 

 and leave walks or alleys between them, of 

 two feet wide, throwing a portion of the earth 

 out of the beds upon the alleys, so as to 

 leave them four inches higher than the beds. 



If the ground is shallow, and the under 

 stratum not fit for the growth of trees, the whole 

 should be removed, and the beds made ffood 

 with a better soil. 



The advantage arising from planting trees 

 in this way is, that the beds being lower than 

 the walks, the water which is poured on, for 

 support of tlie trees, is prevented from running 

 off^ The plants are also less exposed to the 

 influence of the winds, and if a dry and hot 

 season should immediately follow after they 

 are planted, hoops covered with mats, straw, 

 or canvas, may be placed over them, to pre- 



