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left in the hole and buried — for being vegetable 

 matter it will ultimately disintegrate. 



Leave a depression just as in filling in about 

 deciduous plants — in this instance it will be a 

 ring, however, at the circumference of the earth 

 ball, instead of a saucer — into which pour water 

 gently that it may leach down and complete 

 the welding of earth particles together. Finally, 

 fill this depression and spread a mulch of pack- 

 ing or of straw or litter over all the surface 

 above the roots. This is to prevent scorching 

 by the direct ra^^s of the sun, as well as to con- 

 serve all the moisture possible — for evergreens 

 generally are planted in August, when the sun 

 is hot. 



Transplanting 



Of course all planting is transplanting, in one 

 sense; yet we ordinarily consider the speci- 

 mens which are shipped to a place from a nur- 

 sery as "planted" only, while local growth is 

 regarded as "transplanted." Hence the oppor- 

 tunity which this transplanting affords is my 

 only one to say anything about the uprooting of 

 a tree, shrub, or other specimen, although it is 

 quite as essential an element of successful gar- 

 dening to know how to unplant as it is to know 

 how to plant. 



