226 TRANSPLANTING OF SHRUBS. 



of sorts, that having scarlet flowers being as worthy 

 of a piece of wall as a peach, when well grown it 

 abhors transplanting; the box tree, variegated and 

 plain, raised from slips, by layers, freely, and having 

 a turfy root, cares nothing for transplanting. These, 

 with some of the junipers, and a few hardy exotic 

 heaths, with Irish ivy for every bit of cold dark 

 wall, where fruit is out of the question, may serve 

 to clothe the space between the outer defence and 

 the flower borders, giving shelter to the house and 

 to all manner of flowers, and from perpetual verdure 

 making winter more cheerful than summer can be 

 to a tasteless and uncultivated abode. 



In transplanting any of these beauties often 

 requisite, and the most interesting of garden opera- 

 tions success may be insured any time in summer 

 by using mats for a shade, and regular watering ; 

 but the best seasons are the beginning of September, 

 in moist weather, and of May, when the young 

 shoots are commencing. The main care is the 

 lifting : any ordinary workman is sure to murder 

 your plant. Take the spade and mark out a ring 

 as wide as the branches ; and then order a trench, 

 without the slightest reference to the lifting of the 

 tree, and see it straight down as deep as any roots 



earth will not lift entirely from the pot, plant all together; taking 

 care to crack the earthenware that the roots in their own time 

 may put it out of the way. With the like care, till it become 

 more hardy, may be bred the evergreen berberry, a new plant from 

 California, of great beauty with its red clustering fruit amidst a 

 profusion of green winter foliage; and to which, from the fate of 

 its amiable discoverer, a melancholy interest will long be attached. 



