48 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
CHAPTER VI. 
TRANSPLANTING. 
Mosr of our young seedling trees, as well as those from 
cuttings, will need transplanting after the first season’s 
growth. But like all the other operations, it requires only 
ordinary judgment to determine this point. If the young 
trees have grown vigorously, and are likely to be too much 
crowded before another season’s growth is over, then they 
should be taken up and given more room. But if they 
have made only a moderate growth, and are not standing 
too thickly, they may remain in the seed-bed another year. 
Another point must also be settled by the grower, and 
that is, whether it is better to take up the young plants in 
the fall and heel them in for protection in winter, or let 
them remain in the bed. Ifthe ground is of a kind that 
usually heaves (as it is termed) in winter, thereby endan- 
gering the young plants, then it would be better to take 
all the plants up in the fall. 
Some kinds, like the Maple and Elm, make an abundance 
of fibrous roots the first year, and are in no danger of be- 
ing thrown out even upon wet soil; while some others, like 
the Oak and Hickory, make one long, carrot-like root the 
first year with few small roots, and are very liable to be 
thrown out unless the soil is very dry and porous. I have 
now particular reference to young seedling deciduous 
