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before the buds begin to pufli. It is a 

 refinous tree, although not an evergreen, 

 and has fmall fibrous roots like all kinds 

 of firs and pines, whole roots fhoti Id never 

 be cut, unlcfs they have been long out of 

 the ground. 



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NONE of thole trees flioukl be planted 

 when the wind is high, nor when the air 

 is frofly ; their ftrong roots being hard 

 and brittle : the fmall roots, if dried by 

 froft or wind, never recover, and it is 

 from thole fmall roots the tree is firft put 

 in a growing ftate ; this often occasions 

 the lois of the tree, as the large roots are 

 ib hard, that they feldom pufh until the 

 tree is growing. Young larches have on- 

 ly fmall roots, and require no cutting if 

 planted foon after taken up. If the fmall 

 roots are dried, it is of bad confequence, 

 and is the reafoii they fo often milcarry 

 when kept long out of the ground. All 

 kinds of refinous plants fhould have their 

 roots wrapped in wet mols, if they are to 

 be carried to any diftance. 



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