84 OF PLANTING EVERGREEN SHRUBS. [April. 



firmly stipportecl, that the wind may have no effect in dis- 

 turbing the young and tender fibrous roots. 



OF PLANTING EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



Now is the season to plant all kinds of evergreen trees and 

 shrubs. In most seasons, the middle of the month is the 

 most proper time, the weather then being mild and moist; 

 or if a late season, defer it to the end of the month. When 

 planted earlier, they will remain dormant until this time, 

 and their tender fibrous roots in that case frequently perish 

 from their liability to injury from frost or frosty winds, being 

 more susceptible of such injury than fibres of deciduous 

 plants. They now begin to vegetate, which is the grand 

 criterion for transplanting any plant. The buds begin to 

 swell, the roots to push, and if they can be quickly lifted 

 and replanted, they \s[\\\ hardly receive a check. At all 

 events, care must be taken that they are not long out of the 

 ground and exposed to the air, which greatly assists the suc- 

 cess in planting. It may be observed that evergreens in 

 general succeed the better the smaller they are, although we 

 have seen plants, trees and evergreens successfully lifted 

 upward of thirteen feet high, and fifteen in diameter, and 

 carried several miles.* By the second year there was no 

 appearance that such operation had taken place. In prepar- 

 ing a hole for the reception of these plants, make it larger 

 than the roots, breaking the bottom thereof fine, and putting 

 in some fresh soil. Place the plant upright in the centre, 

 putting in the earth and breaking it fine, and give the plant 

 a few gentle shakes. When the roots are more than half 

 covered, put in a pot or pailful of water, allowing it to sub- 

 side; then cover all the roots, give a second or third pailful, 

 and when subsided, the earth will be close to all the roots. 

 Cover with more earth, pressing all firm with the foot. Put 

 more soil loosely on, which will give it a finished appearance, 

 and prevent it from becoming dry, and not require mulching, 

 which has an unsightly appearance. All that the wind will 

 have any hurtful effect upon must be firmly supported espe- 



* See Mr. ArNab's rich pamphlet treatise on removing ever- 

 greens, &c. 



