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out the tree. This is, I believe, why so many winter planted 

 trees die. But for the Manitoba maple I think the fall is the 

 best time to transplant ; from the end of September to the 

 end of October. The reason for this is, the fruiting* season 

 for this tree is the spring", and no tree should be moved while 

 fruiting-. This I have tried by removing- sixty larg-e trees. 

 I beg-an August 26th with one, September 5th two, Septem- 

 ber 10th four, and from September 15th to October 15th, fifty 

 trees. All grew, but I found those moved from the 15th 

 September to 15th October came out the best. They should 

 not be done later, as the tree bleeds badly in the spring-, if 

 cut after the frost is in it. No maples should be cut till the 

 end of May. This tree needs more pruning- than any other 

 as it is of a soft, succulent nature. 



How TO PLANT. 



Suppose I want to g-et three feet of earth with a tree, the 

 trunk of which is from four to six inches in diameter one foot 

 above the surface of the ground. I would-cut a circle three 

 feet six inches from the tree that means seven feet of roots 

 then take a spade and start at the outside of the circle, the 

 edg-e of the spade pointing to the trunk all the time ; then 

 dig- a trench twenty-one inches wide, without cutting- off any 

 roots, except at the outside of the circle. That will leave 

 twenty-one inches from the trunk of the tree, or three feet 

 six inches in diameter. Care must be taken not to cut the 

 roots in digging, but to raise them and cover them with a 

 wet sack so that the sun cannot get at them and dry them 

 out. It is hopeless to get a tree of this size out of the ground 

 with all the earth from which its roots draw support. In 

 preparing the hole in which the tree is to be placed the earth 

 should be taken out -six or nine inches larger than the diam- 

 eter of the roots and twelve inches deeper ; the sides of the 

 hole should be straight. If there is at hand any rough 

 material, such as old sods, old lime or bricks, three or four 

 inches of this will be valuable. Then cover with six or nine 

 inches of sandy loam or good soil. Place the tree in the 

 centre of the hole, then commence filling in around it, 



