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the wind and sun until packed for transportation. 

 In , large nursery, it is not an unusual thing to see 

 trees left lying on the ground without protection for 

 several hours, before being taken to the packing 

 house. This should not be permitted, for both wind 

 and sun injure the young roots. 



PACKING TREES. 



It is a strange thing, but nevertheless true, that 

 nearly all purchasers object to have a charge for 

 packing added to their bills. This certainly ought 

 not to be the case. The nurseryman sells his trees 

 at so much per hundred or thousand, and puts down 

 the prices so low that he cannot afford to pay for 

 boxes and material, all of which the purchasers get 

 and can make use of in some other way. If the 

 trees have to go a long distance, it is always safer to 

 instruct the nurseryman to use well-made boxes and 

 pack a sufficient quantity of moss among the roots 

 to keep them moist. For short transportation, the 

 tops may be bound in straw to protect them from 

 injury, the roots covered with moss, and coarse bag- 

 ging carefully fastened on with very strong cord, 

 such as is used for baling hay. The nurseryman 

 should also be instructed whether to forward the 

 packages by railroad, steamboat, or express, also 

 naming the line. A neglect in giving these direc- 



