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at which they previously stood, is of not the 

 slightest consequence. From a disregard of 

 the rules just given, three-fourths of the old 

 orchard trees, now standing in Massachusetts, 

 are leaning awkwardly over toward the 

 south-east, where they have been turned by 

 our prevailing north-west winds. 



Ornamental trees are generally set, at the 

 same season with fruit trees. The evergreen 

 tribe are, however, best planted out, just as 

 their buds begin to swell in the spring. They 

 are also successfully set, in autumn, and also 

 during the last of May and first of June,^ If 

 their roots are exposed to dry, out of the 

 ground, they are about certain to die. If the 

 root of an evergreen is much diminished by 

 removal, it will be found advantageous to 

 shorten-in symmetrically its side limbs, but 

 never head off the lea ding shoots of evergreen 

 trees. 



* This last is said to be the best season for removing evergreen 

 trees from a forest into an open exposure. 



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