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PLANTING. 



283. I am not to speak here of the situation 

 for planting, ot the aspect, of the nature of the 

 soil, of the preparation of the soil ; for these 

 have all been described in CHAPTER I, Para- 

 graph 20, save and except, that, for trees, the 

 ground should be prepared as directed for Jlsfia- 

 ragus, which see in its Alphabetical place, in 

 Chapter IV. 



284. Before the reader proceed further, he 

 should read very attentively what is said of trans- 

 planting generally > in Chapter III, paragraph 

 109 and onwards, He will there perceive the 

 absolute necessity of the ground, to be planted 

 in, being made perfectly^zwe, and tkat no clods, 

 great or small, ought to be tumbled in about the 

 roots. This is so capital a point, that I must 

 request the reader to pay particular attention to 

 it. To remove a tree, though young, is an opera- 

 tion that puts the vegetative faculties to a severe 

 test ; and, therefore, every thing should be done 

 to render the shock as little injurious as possible. 



285. The tree to be planted should be as young 

 as circumstances will allow. The season is just 

 when the leaves become yellow, or, as early as 

 possible in the spring. The ground being pre- 

 pared, and the tree taken up, prune the roots 

 with a sharp knife so as to leave none more than 

 about a foot long ; and, if any have been torn 

 off nearer to the stem, prune the part, so that 

 no bruizes or ragged parts remain. Cut off all the 

 fibres close to the roots; for, they never live, 

 and they mould, and do great injury. If cut 

 off, their place is supplied by other fibres more 



the hole to plant in three tim^s 



