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leaves, decayed brush, rotten wood, potato tops, or other refuse 

 of a farm are attainable, let such be used around the trees in 

 filling, taking care that the best pulverized mould is admitted 

 among the fine roots. The trees in planting should be kept at 

 ease, and several times shaken, so as to cause an equal distri- 

 bution of the finer particles of earth to be connected with the 

 small fibres of the roots ; and when completely levelled, let the 

 ground be well trodden down and moderately watered, which 

 should be repeated occasionally after spring planting, if the 

 weather should prove dry. 



In transplanting trees, care should be taken that the collar 

 or that part from which emanate the main roots, be not 

 inserted too deep in the soil, as this injures the bark, and 

 consequently impedes the natural circulation of the juices. A 

 medium-sized tree may be planted one inch deeper than it was 

 in the nursery-bed, and the largest should not exceed two or 

 three inches. 



Newly-planted trees should be watered in dry, hot weather ; 

 an occasional hoeing around them will also be beneficial ; but 

 care must be taken not to injure the roots. 



As some diflference of opinion exists among practical men as 

 to the best time for planting fruit-trees, the following extract 

 from Mr. Prince's Treatise on Horticulture is submitted : 



TRANSPLANTING IN SPRING vs. AUTUMN. 



Spring is the season when we find the most pleasure in 

 making our rural improvements, and from this circumstance 

 probably it has become the general season for planting trees ; 

 but experience has proved autumn-planting to be the most 

 successful, especially in those parts of the United States which 

 are subject to droughts, as trees planted in autumn sufier little 

 or none from drought, when those set out in spring often perish 

 in consequence of it. Notwithstanding, with regard to those 

 fruits that have been originally brought from wanner climates, 



