130 PLANTING 



So, again, the ground is often partially covered with sods 

 of heather, in which pine or other seeds have been sown 

 previously to the sods having been cut. 



This plan is expensive, but still it has given very good 

 results. 



Planting Ornamental Trees. Special care is usually 

 called for when planting a few ornamental trees. They are 

 often rather large, and will require to be firmly staked. The 

 trees should be fastened to the stakes with bands of hay, in 

 the figure-of-S fashion, and the ends of the bands tied with 

 string. This will allow the tree to expand and prevent 

 chafing. 



Small valuable trees planted in exposed places should be 

 protected by screens of wattle hurdles. Often it will be 

 advisable to plant shelter belts of quick-growing trees a few 

 years before the more valuable trees are planted. The 

 shelter belt should consist, partly at any rate, of broad-leaved 

 trees, some of which should be coppiced after they have been 

 planted 3 or 4 years, and thus a thick screen will soon be 

 effected. 



When in the nursery, any trees intended for planting out 

 when comparatively old, should be regularly transplanted 

 every other year. When removed for planting out, the 

 more earth that can be taken up with the roots the 

 better. 



Sometimes it is desired to transplant a fairly large tree 

 from one part of a garden to another. 



In such a case a deep trench should be dug all round the 

 tree, at a distance of about 2 feet from the centre or more 

 according to the size of the tree during the previous spring 

 to that in which it is to be removed. This trench should be 

 dug with a sharp spade so as to cut through any roots which 

 are met with. The trench should then be tightly filled with 

 straw, and the top just covered with earth. The tree must 

 be kept well watered all the summer through, so as thus to 

 induce the growth of new fibrous roots within the 2-feet 

 radius. Then, when the tree is planted, it will not be so likely 

 to die. 



