CHAPTER VII 

 CARE IN PLANTING TREES 



"RACTICAL application of the physiological 

 knowledge contained in the preceding chapters 

 is needful at the very start, namely, when 

 tirst establishing a tree. The first cause of 

 trouble in transplanted trees and of death is not unfrequcntly 

 to be found in the ignorance and lack of care exhibited 

 before and during transplanting. Many trees set out are 

 dead or are doomed to death before they reach the plant 

 hole. 



Transplanting a tree from oiie site to another is a surgical 

 operation during which the patient needs special attention. 



It is rarely, if at all, possible to take up all the fine root- 

 lets with their root-hairs intact; these adhere closely to the 

 soil particles, hence in the attempt to remove them a portion 

 of the feeding apparatus is always mechanically destroyed. 

 Next, the delicate root-hairs and fibrils are apt to dry out 

 when exposed to the air, especially in windy, sunny, dry 

 weather, and thus another portion of the feeding apparatus is 

 lost; lastly, with larger specimens, the far-lying roots can 

 practically not be reached and a third portion of the root 

 system is cut off. Furthermore, if the plant material is 

 shipped any distance, the vital activities are interrupted, 

 temperature and moisture conditions may be unfavorable 

 during transshipment and a partial drying out of roots, 

 buds, or foliage is the consequence. 



