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well executed, the most substantial and last- 

 ing benefit would ensue. 



33. In some cases, natural causes prevent 

 draining, or the piece of ground would not 

 warrant the outlay; the expense being 

 greater than the corresponding advantages. 

 In such cases, if the ground be very wet, I 

 would plant on the surface instead of below 

 it. I have described my practice in this re- 

 spect in the Horticulturist, for 1849. The 

 ground is first trenched, or dug deep, the 

 tree placed on the desired spot, and the earth 

 spread over the roots; the whole, when 

 finished, mound-like. The appearance of 

 trees thus planted is objectionable. The 

 ground appears to an observer to have been 

 lowered, the trees indicating the original 

 height. Such appearances detract from that 

 natural looking beauty a garden ought to 

 exhibit. The mode can only be tolerated 

 where the ground cannot be drained. 



Bad as its appearance is, it is preferable to 

 seeing trees planted in holes which, in reality, 

 become wells of stagnant water, with their 

 tenants rotten at the roots, their trunk the 

 sport of every passing breeze. 

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