TRANSPLANTING OF LARGE TREES. 



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In northern climates the transplautinf? of fruit and forest trees may be 

 done with great certainty and success, by digging a trench three or four 



Machine used in Brooklyn and at "Washington for transplanting large trees. 



feet from the trunk of the tree, and to some depth below the roots in the 

 fall of the year, taking care that the tr,ench is properly drained of stand- 



of windlass on wheels. When used, the machine is brought over the roots, which have 

 been carefully bound with canvas, retaining all the libers and soil that can be saved 

 in contact with them, and chains are i)assed under and around the ball. The tree is 

 then raised by turning the windlass, and the axle is fastened by a cord passing from 

 the handles to a hook on the shafts. The wheels should be supported upon planks, 

 and one side of the excavation should be graded down so that the machine will pass 

 up the inclined plane. A similar slope is made on one side of the hole where the tree 

 is to be placed. — (TTie Tree-Lifter, or Xew Method of Transplanting Forest Trees. By Col. 

 George Greenwood. London. 3d ed., 1876, p. 236.) 



