CHAPTER III 



PREPARING THE TREES, PLANTING, 

 FENCING, AND STAKING 



TREES intended for planting in towns, and 

 especially alongside streets and footpaths, 

 should be specially prepared in the matter of 

 transplanting and pruning. As tree guards 

 are a necessity in protecting trees by the 

 sides of streets, the trees must have their 

 stems free of branches; therefore the buds 

 and branches on the stems, for a distance of 

 6 or 7 ft., need to be removed, whilst surplus 

 leading shoots and ungainly branches should 

 at the same time receive attention in pruning. 

 The tree also needs to be frequently trans- 

 planted in order that an abundance of fibrous 

 roots may be produced, and every effort made 

 to produce healthy, vigorous specimens suit- 

 able for the ungenial surroundings of their 



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