294 MANNER OF PLANTING. 



fresh wound will send out roots immediately, while, 

 if not pared, the ragged parts would decay, which 

 would prevent the production of rootlets, and per- 

 haps produce death in the whole' root. The hole 

 should he dug of sufficient diameter to allow all the 

 roots to be spread easily in their natural positions, 

 and several inches deeper than was originally re- 

 quired by the tree. The fine surface-soil may then 

 be placed in the bottom until the hole is of the 

 proper depth. If the roots are dry, they may now 

 be sprinkled with a rose-pot, that the earth may 

 cling to them more compactly. One person should 

 hold the tree, while the other carefully places the 

 roots, as the earth is finely sprinkled in. The person 

 spreading these cannot be too particular in their 

 arrangement. If possible, the tree should be set, 

 at first, about the height at which it is to stand, so 

 that it will not require lifting after the setting is 

 completed, which disturbs the position of the roots, 

 and often breaks their tissue. But it must not be 

 left too deep on this account, for the latter evil 

 would be greater than the former. 



The tree should be set as deep in the ground 

 as it was in the nursery. If the collar is below 

 the surface, the tree will never thrive. The pear 

 upon the quince is an exception to this rule. The 

 quince stock is raised from a layer or cutting, 

 and has no collar, and the ease with which it throws 

 out roots from any part of its stem permits it to 



