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if he have an accurate eye, now determines the matter, ere 

 it be too late, at a single glance. Should the tree be too 

 deep, he orders it to be pulled half way down, first on the 

 one side, and then on the other, the transverse rope support- 

 ing it in the opposite direction. While in the heeling posi- 

 tion, earth is then mounded on either side, as diiected above 

 for raising the tree in the pit, and it is soon got up to the 

 height wanted. Should it be two shallow, it is in like man- 

 ner pulled down, and lowered by alternate excavation on 

 either side, to the proper depth ; but whether in the one case 

 or the other, without altering the aspect of the tree, or the 

 position of the branches. 



The next point, and the most important of the whole, is 

 to steady and set straight the tree, in order that it may please 

 the eye of taste, on the one hand, and be firmly secured 

 against wind, on the other. For this purpose, the first thing 

 to be done is, to separate the workmen into divisions of three 

 and three together, as before. Of these one workman seizes 

 with both his hands as many as he can of the lateral roots, 

 that are long and flexible, and holding them carefully aside, 

 opens a view into the underbed of the roots. The passage 

 being cleared, the second workman throws in mould of the 

 finest sort he can find, in such a way as to form a bank 

 sloping outwards against the roots so held up, find treads it 

 firmly with his feet. He then carefully fills in and equalizes 

 all the chasms or vacancies that appear ; while the third, 

 with a small blunt pointed stake or rammer, about three feet 

 long, pushes in the mould, and makes it firm in the cavities, 

 which the foot cannot reach. But it is to be observed, that 

 the workman, who throws in the earth, must by no means 

 spade it at random. He must patiently wait for the co- 

 operation of his two companions, neither hurrying the first, 

 until every visible root is gathered up; nor the second, until 

 the earth thrown in has, by decalcation, or by the rammer, 

 obtained the utmost compactness and consistency. 



