158 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
to large ones for transplanting, and they will often outgrow 
them and become larger trees in five years than those that 
have attained a large size when transplanted. 
TRANSPLANTING FROM FORESTS, 
In some portions of the country very handsome Ever- 
greens may be obtained from the forests ; and when these 
can be carefully taken up with some soil adhering to their 
roots, they will often do well. But usually trees that have 
come up from seeds, and have not been transplanted, are 
difficult to make live, especially when taken from a shady 
situation and placed in an exposed one. Still, it is desir- 
able to make the trees from our forests grow in our gar- 
dens, and the chances of success will warrant the labor 
of trial; and if small specimens are selected for the pur- 
pose, good results will often be obtained. When such 
trees are planted, it is best to cover the soil about them 
with leaves or some kind of mulch, so that it may be 
kept moist. 
EVERGREEN TREES. 
Axsies. (Spruce, Fir.) 
This species contains several of our most beautiful as 
well as most valuable cone-bearing trees. They are all 
hardy, and found quite common in various sections of our 
Northern States; seeds small, with persistent wings; all 
ripen in fall, and must be gathered in the cones. 
ABIES BALSAMEA (Balsam Fir).—Leaves narrow, and 
about an inch long; cones thren to four inches long; tree 
tall and slender; bark with numerous blisters, from which 
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