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is full, more straw is stuffed in along the sides of the "box, 

 and some placed on the top, then the lid is put on and 

 nailed fast, the hoops also, and the trees are boxed. 

 The name and address of the consignee is then painted 

 or stenciled in large letters on the lid of the box ; and, if 

 not to be transported by the ordinary route, the special 

 line or way is to be indicated by smaller letters in the 

 border, as " Via Norfolk," " Citizens' Line," " Steamer 

 Belle Mary," and so on. This latter direction is usually 

 that of the consignee ; as the shipper, unless special orders 

 be given, will ship by the ordinary line, and without any 

 special directions whatever, thus : 



HBNKY WILMEB, 



N. C. 



This is sufficient, as the goods will be delivered by 

 transportation company to another, until they reach 

 their destination. 



The other method of packing is in bundles. To pack 

 in bundles, you must be provided with matting, moss, 

 straw and twine. The matting is cut into squares of 

 various sizes to suit the size of the bundles. It is spread 

 on the ground and covered several inches deep with damp 

 moss, rotten straw or haj'. The trees tied in bundles, as 

 before described, are now brought and set upright on the 

 inoss-covered matting. Four bundles, one hundred trees, 

 are as many as it is advisable to put into one package. 

 When thus set, the corners of the matting are drawn up 

 closely around the trees ; some more moss placed around 

 the roots if needful, and the whole tightly tied with strong 

 twine, passed round and round and knotted, until it is 

 completely secured. The bundle is then further protect- 

 ed by being thatched with long rye-straw, firmly tied 

 with twine. The straw is some times put on before the 

 matting is tied, and the latter drawn up over the lower 



