PLANTING ORNAMENTAL TREES. 51 



with the turf or upper soil so buried. Between the 

 trees for the first year potatoes may be beneficially 

 grown, the dressing and cultivation will materially 

 benefit the plantation, and assist somewhat towards 

 the initial expenses. During the trenching it will be 

 well to work in with the soil a well-made compost. 



If individual trees are to be planted it will be un- 

 necessary to trench more than the hole, say with a 

 diameter of three or four feet. Let this be conducted 

 in the following manner : Dig out the hole com- 

 pletely to a depth of 2 feet 6 inches or 3 feet, and 

 break the bottom. Throw the turf and topsoil into 

 the bottom and spread the remainder on the surround- 

 ing land. Fill in the hole with a prepared compost 

 of soil, leaf-mould, lime, &c. ; allow this to remain 

 until the planting season, and plant in a manner 

 hereafter to be described. 



We have now explained the various methods of 

 preparation for planting, and must proceed to describe 

 the process of planting. The future success will 

 depend greatly upon the care and skill exercised in 

 this respect ; and yet, too often, we find that large 

 areas are planted without even ordinary attention to 

 the most simple rules. 



There is a right and a wrong way of doing every- 

 thing, and this is very apparent in the process of 

 planting. Too often trees are carelessly planted, more 

 with the view of completing the task than that of 

 the future welfare of the plantation. If the foregoing 

 preparation has been carried out with skill and care, 

 and the planting be carelessly conducted, failure, or a 

 partial success only, will result. To save expense, 



