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the circulation of the vital fluid is stopped 

 forever. No application of water, though in 

 floods, will start the flow again. It is not so, 

 as we know, with other trees. 



An Imperative Rule. 



Hence the imperative rule for all successful 

 planting of evergreens keep their roots moist 

 from the time that they are taken from, the earth 

 until they are planted. We mean this to the 

 letter ; for we have seen trees brought to be 

 planted, and by those who knew something 

 about trees, brought apparently in good con- 

 dition, and then laid upon the ground to be 

 exposed to the sun or wind while the holes 

 were being dug for their reception ; and this 

 exposure was just long enough for them to be 

 death-struck and the holes to be their graves. 

 It requires but a little time for the fibrous 

 roots to become dry, whether from sun or 

 wind, and it is on these hair-like roots that life 

 depends. When, therefore, one is about to 

 plant evergreens, he can not be too careful on 

 this point. If he purchases the trees, let him 



