THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



and dig away the soil along the edge that has 

 the nicks, making a trench deep enough to set 

 the plants a trifle lower than they stood in the 

 seed bed. Then place a good plant at every 

 nick and fill in the trench. Move the board 

 over the transplanted row, bring it up close to 

 the trees, but be careful not to bark the plants. 

 Set another row, and go on with the operation 

 till all the trees are transplanted. Put more 

 muck and ashes on your vacant seed bed and 

 sow it again. Keep out the weeds. 



When the trees are three years old, take 

 them up with a spade, puddle the roots, pack 

 them into a basket lined with wet moss or bur- 

 lap, and take them to the field where the wood 

 lot is to be started. The planting field may be 

 far from the nursery, and it may be necessary to 

 take to the field, at once, more plants than can 

 be set in a few hours. In such case, when the 

 trees arrive at the field, take them from the 

 baskets, dip the roots in water, and " heel them 

 in " ; that is, dig a trench, set the trees along it 

 In a thin row, tops up, fill in the trench, covering 

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