156 THE FOREST TREE CULTLRIST. 
roots, and new fibers will be emitted by the time they are 
required to absorb plant-food to assist in the growth of the 
isranches. | 
There is one thing about which it may be well to caution 
those who have no experience in this line, and that is, 
Kvergreens of all kinds are very sensitive in regard to 
having their roots exposed to the sun and winds, much 
more so than deciduous trees when denuded of leaves. 
This is another evidence of the fact, that Evergreens do 
exhale moisture through their leaves when not making a 
growth. Never let the roots of Evergreens become dry, 
as it is almost sure death to them. If they are to be 
transported to any distance, take them from the ground 
and immediately cover their roots with some material that 
will exclude eurrents of air and retain moisture. Some- 
times trees will live that have had their roots considerably 
dried, but it will take years for them to regain that vigor 
they formerly possessed. We see, in traveling through the 
country, more sickly-looking Evergreens, and hear more 
complaint abont making such trees live, than we do in 
almost any branch of Horticulture; and though I would 
not screen those who neglect their plants or fail to see 
that they are properly planted, still I think that nursery- 
men, asa general thing, are more careless of the manner in 
which they take up Evergreens and pack them, than with 
other trees; or, in other words, they give them the same 
chance to live that they do their pear and apple trees, and 
no more, while they well know that they are more easily 
dlestroyed. - I have been into large, and what are called 
well-conducted nurseries, and seen a score of men digging 
