52 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
CHAPTER VII. 
TRANSPLANTING LARGE TREES, 
Sometimes it will be desirable to transplant large trees, 
and whether from the nursery or forest, the roots will be 
more or less broken. The ends that were cut off by the 
spade will be left very rough. Before being planted again, 
these broken roots should be removed, and the ends made 
as smooth as possible, for it is from these wounds that most 
of the new roots are formed. If the roots are left in a 
rough state, the water enters the pores and they soon com- 
mence to decay; and when this once begins, it will very 
often continue until the whole root is dead, and disease 
communicated to the tree that will sooner or later be the 
means of destroying it. I consider root pruning of so 
much importance that I never plant a tree of any kind, 
large or small, without first examining the roots, making 
every rough end and bruised spot smooth. Never plant a 
tree that has any dead or diseased roots; better have but 
a part of one good, sound root than a dozen that are un- 
healthy. 
When roots are so long as to make it inconvenient to 
plant the tree and have the roots spread out at full length, 
they may be cut off, always making the cut from the under 
side upward and outward. Fig. 14, B, shows a root prop- 
erly cut, and A, one improperly. When roots are cut off 
in transplanting, a corresponding quantity of the branches 
