OBNAMENTAL PLANTING. 



the distance from the stem to be regulated by the 

 root-spread, size of the specimen, etc. So as to avoid 

 falling apart, the ball of earth should be bound with a 

 strong mat or tarpaulin, the ends being made fast around 

 the/ stem. 



A stout low- wheeled truck has been found a most 

 convenient appliance for removing the specimen ; but in the 

 case of large and heavy trees the common timber wheels, or 

 j anker, may be found of great service. The truck to which 

 we refer should be specially made and of the following 

 dimensions : Length, 5 ft. ; width, 3 ft. ; and on wheels 

 1 ft. 3 in. in diameter, these being placed so as to be below 

 the level of the body, thus doing away with the inconvenience 

 of coming in contact with the load when that is either 

 longer or broader than the specified dimensions. The frame- 

 work should be of stout oak, and the bottom 3 in. thick 

 boarding. The timber wheels, or j anker, being an adjunct 

 of forest appliances, is always at hand, and does away with 

 the necessity of procuring any of the elaborate and costly 

 carriages usually recommended for transplanting large trees 

 and shrubs. The tree being placed in the pit opened for 

 its reception, the roots should be spread out and the 

 soil replaced and trampled firmly, and afterwards well 

 watered. 



Staking the Trees. Next to careful planting and watering 

 a matter of the most vital importance but one that, 

 unfortunately, is too often lost sight of is the efficient 

 staking or otherwise securing of large transplanted trees. 

 The great strain and consequent damage to the roots of large 

 transplants when allowed to rock about with ever}' gust of 

 wind is not only highly injurious, but, in viewing the matter 

 from a point of neatness, few things in forestry have a more 

 unsightly or neglected appearance than trees almost blown 

 over by the wind. Various are the methods usually adopted 

 in staking and tying newly transplanted trees, which, as no 

 hard-and-fast lines can be laid down, as a rule, must to a 

 great extent depend on the size of the trees and the exposure 

 of the positions in which they are planted. It may be that 

 when growing in a low-lying, sheltered valley, trees of even 



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