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enough to set the tree a very little, if any, deeper than 

 when it grew in the nursery. Set the tree, straighten 

 out the roots, and put in one-third of the hole 

 full of soil, then shake the tree up and down VERY 

 slightly, tramp moderately, and fill up with soil nearly 

 to the top ; tramp well again, and then take the 

 soil, and bank around the tree three or four inches up 

 the stalk, and you have finished. It will be seen that in 

 the operation all sub-soil has been discarded in filling 

 up the hole. I should have said that before planting 

 the tree the roots should be freed from all broken or 

 bruised ends, and the same with the tops or branches. 

 If trees should be frozen when received from the 

 nursery, the best treatment is to put the whole package, 

 box and all, without opening it, in a cellar until thawed 

 out, and then plant; or if in the fall, " heel-in " until 

 spring. If they come in the spring dry and shriveled, 

 bury the entire tree in a deep, wide trench and saturate 

 the soil with water after they have been covered, and 

 allow them to thus remain six to nine days, until they 

 look properly ; or sink the bundle under water and hold 

 them there four days, then plant and cut the tops back. 

 But I don't like to plant, under any circumstances, a 

 tree that has been frozen. Should the trees be found to 

 be heated when received, or the moss moulded and fire- 

 fanged, as it is termed, it is doubtful whether the trees 

 would survive, and those that did live would be dis- 



