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may be staked when blooming, and taken up 

 in the autumn, to plant where wanted. 



Trees growing in wet places, which are 

 accessible only in dry times, may easily be 

 transplanted. A circle some three feet from 

 the trunk of the tree should first be dug 

 around it, then from the circle a ditch should 

 be opened, to lead away the water, and the 

 whole left for a year to dry out. When the 

 tree becomes accustomed to the drier soil, it 

 may be transplanted wherever desired. 



I have seen tulip trees twenty feet high, 

 thus treated, transplanted successfully from 

 swamp to open ridge. For use in trans- 

 planting, a stout carrier may be made of 

 hickory poles with cross slats nailed closely 

 together, light but strong, which can be taken 

 into fields inaccessible to wagon, and will 

 serve to carry out the plants and shrubs. 



The farmer's "stone boat" performs the 

 same service for larger things, such as small 

 trees, bayberries, billberries, great bushes of 

 laurel, etc. 



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