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also to observe well to reserve as much as is possible of 

 the fibres of the roots uninjured, unlacerated, and un- 

 broken. Then take every care to lay these out in 

 the hole made ready to receive the lifted tree. 



It is in a great measure owing to the rash and heed- 

 less manner in which trees and shrubs are taken up 

 and replanted that so many are lost. In the case of 

 planting young trees, which have been obtained, it 

 may be, from nurseries many miles off, allowance must 

 be made ; but I now more particularly refer to the 

 lifting of the Peach on the spot, in order to check its 

 too free growth. 



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