126 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
plant on a high mountain, it becomes difficult. The 
plants will have sprouted while the ground is still 
frozen in the mountains. It is necessary to take the 
plants up the mountain and heel them in. In Swit- 
zerland it is often necessary to heel them in the snow. 
They may be removed from the beds very early and 
placed in an ice-house. I imported, a few years ago, 
a lot of basket willow cuttings from Germany. The 
conditions were such that I could not reach America 
until the latter part of June. These cuttings were 
prepared in March, and placed in cold storage in 
Antwerp until the ship sailed. They were then placed 
in the ship’s ice-house. When I arrived in New York, 
although the trees were then in full leafage, my wil- 
low cuttings were still locked in the embrace of win- 
ter. They all grew, however, and are still growing. 
A lot of time is lost fussing with plants. There 
are certain rudimentary principles which must be ful- 
filled, and when these are fulfilled further attention 
is superfluous. Success in planting is dependent upon 
the following rudimentary principles: Remove the 
plant from the nursery with as many roots as pos- 
sible. Keep it moist, and protect it from the sun 
while out of the ground. Plant it so that it will set 
in the ground, when the earth settles, as near as pos- 
sible as it was in the seed-bed. Remove the weeds, 
ete., from its immediate neighborhood. 
