96 Transplantation of Trees. 



to damp off. The month of September and October was 

 deUghtfuUy pleasant, keeping trees and shrubs of most kinds 

 in a succulent, growing state, leaving them ill prepared to 

 withstand the severe frost of the following month, which 

 came upon us with almost unexampled severity, killing 

 things to the ground which had stood unprotected several 

 years. Mr. Jackson and ourselves had several hundred 

 plants, of the Bengal, Bourbon, and Noisette kinds of roses, 

 which, from having stood two winters without protection, 

 we considered able to endure any degree of frost they were 

 likely to be exposed to here ; but the severe frosts of the last 

 of November cut them down to the ground; in most of those 

 that we have examined, the roots appear to be fresh, and we 

 have taken the precaution of throwing a few inches of light 

 litter over the crowns. We find on examination that a large 

 portion of our cherry trees, of one year's growth, are killed 

 back to the stock, and in some cases a portion of the two 

 year old wood is also destroyed. We find also, upon ex- 

 amination, that in a very large proportion of the peach blos- 

 soms the germ of the fruit is killed. 



If you think the above desultory observations worthy a 

 place m your useful periodical, you may perhaps hear again 

 from your subscribers. 



Reading Road Nw^sery, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 1846. 



Art. IV. Transplantation of Trees. By Wm. R. Prince, 

 Linnajan Botanic Garden and Nurseries. 



There is a degree of misconception on this subject that is 

 truly astonishing, when the exerci!='e of a moderate portion 

 of common sense is all that is requisite to form a correct 

 judgment. In the first place, all trees, and even the most 

 delicate plants of the temperate zone, can be sent from our 

 country to Europe with perfect safety, and even to cities in 

 the interior, such as Warsaw, Vienna, &c., to which there 

 are several hundred miles of land carriage after arrival in 

 Europe, and yet ihere are frequent inquiries made, whether 

 trees and plants will bear transportation to the different states 



