Transplanting. 



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the remaining large roots are severed at some distance 

 from the trunk. The tree is next tilted to one side and 

 a piece of burlap or matting is drawn beneath it, after 

 which the matting is folded about the earth cylinder and 

 well tied. . 



B REMOVING THE PLANT 



Plants with their roots out of the soil should be care- 

 fully protected from mechanical injury, from drying and 

 from freezing. To insure such protection, plants to be 

 transported any considerable distance should be packed. 



405. Plants Packed for Trans- 

 portation should be inclosed 

 throughout, and the roots should 

 be in close contact with some 

 moist material, preferably bog 

 moss. Straw is often used for 

 this purpose and answers well 

 for packing about the trunks 

 and branches of trees, but it is 

 inferior to moss for enclosing 

 roots, as it is more liable to 

 heat and does not so well retain. 



FIG. 129. Showing how plants 

 should be packed for shipping, moisture. 



Herbaceous plants, as the strawberry, cabbage, sweet 

 potato etc., may be packed in layers separated with moss, 

 as follows: Over the bottom of a box, the width of 

 which is about twice as long as the plants to be packed, 

 and which has slatted sides, place a thin layer of damp 

 (not wet) moss, and over this, place a layer formed of a 

 double row of the plants, with their roots at the center, 

 overlapping a little, and the tops toward the sides of the 

 box (Fig. 129). Then put in another layer of moss and. 



