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branches close to the place where 

 ihey are prioduced, as ais^o irreji,iilar 

 ones, whicfi cross each other; and 

 after having displaced these branch 

 es, you should also cut off all suet; 

 parts ot' branches as have by an) 

 means been broken or wounded ; 

 but by no means cut off the main 

 leading shoots, which are necessa 

 ry to attract the sap from the root, 

 and thereby promote the growth of 

 the tree. 



" Having thus prepared the trees 

 for planting, you must now pro- 

 ceed to place them in the earth : 

 But (irst, if the trees have been long 

 out of the ground, so that the fibres 

 of the roots are dried, place them 

 eight or ten hours jn water, before 

 they are planted, with their heads 

 erect ; and the roots onty immers 

 ed therein, which will swell the 

 dried vessels of the roots, and pre- 

 pare them to imbibe nourishment 

 from the earth. In planting them, 

 great regard should be had to the 

 nature of the soil ; for if that be 

 cold and moist, the trees should be 

 planted very shallow; and if it be 

 a hard rock or gravel, it will be bet- 

 ter to raise a hill of earth where 

 each tree is to be planted, than to 

 dig into the rock or gravel, and fill 

 it up with earth, as is loo often 

 practised ; by which means the 

 trees are planted, as it were in a 

 tub, and have but little room to ex- 

 tend their roots, 



" The next thing to be observed 

 is, to place the trees in the hole, in 

 such a manner that the roots may 

 be about the same depth in the 

 ground, as before they were taken 

 up : 'i'hen break the earth fine with 

 a spade, and scatter it into the hole, 



so that it may fall in between every 

 root, that there may be no hollow- 

 ness in the earth. Then having fil- 

 led up the hole, gently tread 

 down the eaith with your feet, but 

 do not make it too hard ; which is 

 a great fault, especially if the 

 ground be stroi.g and wet. 



'• Having ihus planted the trees, 

 they should be fastened to slakes 

 driven into the ground, to prevent 

 their being displaced by the wind, 

 and some mulch laid on the surface 

 of the ground about their roots. As 

 to such as are planted against walls, 

 their roots should be placed about 

 five or six inc hes from the wall, to 

 which their heads should be nailed, 

 to prevent their being blown up by 

 the wind." Diet, of Arts. 



'i'he smaller species of vegeta- 

 bles, and particularly annuals, are 

 removed but once, if at all. A 

 rainy or damp season, if such a one 

 happens, should be chosen for this 

 operation, as the plants will need 

 the le>s watering b) hand, or shel- 

 tering from the heat of the sun. 



But when it is found necessary 

 to do it in dry weather, the evening 

 should alwa)s be preferred to the 

 morning, as the coolness and damp- 

 ness of the night will do much to 

 prevent the withering of the plants. 



Plants which are ordy to be car- 

 ried a few steps should be remov- 

 ed with a gardener's trowel, for 

 when a good ball of earth is taken 

 up, and put into a hole with a plant, 

 the roots are but little disturbed, 

 or altered, and the plant not at 

 all affected by its removal. 



Mr. Forsyth says " in transplant- 

 ing trees, especially large ones, I 

 consider it to be of great conse- 



