

SECTION I. 



TRANSPLANTING TREES OF SMALL SIZE. 



SMALL trees, of less than three-fourths of an 

 inch in diameter, are very easily re-set. If 

 you wish to put them in nursery-rows, i. e., 

 to trench-plant them, dig a little trench, suffi- 

 ciently wide to receive their roots without 

 cramping them. Make this trench by a tight 

 line, so that it shall be straight. Cut off the 

 tap-roots of the trees, if they have any, and 

 shape their side-roots as handsomely and 

 evenly as may be convenient; then cut off the 

 top, (or, what may answer, pick off the alter- 

 nate buds,) of the tree, so as to restore its bal- 

 ance of power between root and top. Set the 

 roots at the same depth in the ground that they 

 stood before being removed ; carefully spread 

 them out horizontally and straight, and work 

 the soil well among them with the fingers. 

 After they are covered, the ground should be 

 pressed around them with the foot. - Nursery- 

 rows should always be set by a tight rope, so 



