32 PLANTING. 



the trees were taken ; yet scarcely half of the trees 

 lived. It was found, on examining their roots a few 

 years after transplanting, that the original ones had 

 completely decayed, and a new class originated from 

 the lower part of the stem. About one-third of the 

 original number planted perished during the first five 

 years after removal, but those that did not succumb 

 are now splendid trees. 



During the month of February 1848, a row of 

 trees was planted upon the side of the highway 

 between Jedburgh and Denholm in Eoxburghshire. 

 The trees were lifted out of a reserve nursery, and 

 were about twelve years old from the seed when 

 transplanted. The soil in the nursery was loam, 

 rather strong, and the trees on being lifted had their 

 roots considerably bruised and mutilated. The soil 

 to which they were transplanted was a clay loam. 

 The trees, while badly rooted, were equally destitute 

 of branches, having much the appearance, about two 

 years after planting, of May-poles. The side branches, 

 though few in number when the trees were trans- 

 planted, had still further diminished. Not only 

 were the branches dead, but the bark of the limes had 

 also become detached, and hung in unsightly shreds, 

 waving in the wind ; while the branches themselves 

 appeared white, barkless, bleached, and weather- 

 beaten. Indeed, at that stage, nothing more unsightly 

 in the form of trees could possibly be seen, and many 

 proprietors could not have resisted the temptation of 

 cutting them all down. The line of trees, as origin- 

 ally planted, contained altogether 105 ; and ten of 

 them died within two years from the time of plant- 

 ing. In the row the trees stood 36 feet apart, and 

 2 feet out from the hedge towards the fields. The 



