to dig them out. In all cases, it is best to transplant only the smaller 



specimens, such as are not more than ten inches or a foot in height. 



Only such trees as show a rapid annual growth should be chosen for 



transplanting. Yellow pines can often be found in rocky situations which 



are only a foot or two in height, 

 but which are from 25 to 50 years 

 of age. The transplanting of such 

 specimens is almost sure to result 

 in failure. Specimens of blue 

 spruce and Douglas fir which are 

 growing in moist soil of good qual- 

 ity, can usually be transplanted 

 when of larger size than those 

 mentioned. In such cases a ball 

 of earth which shall enclose as 

 much of the root system as possi- 

 ble- should be dug up with the tree 

 and tied up with burlap to pre- 

 vent its being separated from the 

 roots. Trees three or four feet in 

 height may sometimes be success- 

 fully moved in this way. Another 

 method occasionally employed is 

 that of digging the trees in win- 

 ter when the soil is frozen and 

 when it can be moved in a solid 

 mass attached to the roots. 



In all cases where the expense 

 is not prohibitive, nursery stock 

 is much to be preferred to wild 

 trees. Properly grown nursery 

 trees have had the root system 

 condensed by transplanting and 

 the trees are usually more stocky 

 and vigorous than the wild ones 

 and can be moved with a great 

 deal more certainty of success. 

 The same care should be exercised 

 in transplanting evergreens that 

 is necessary in the successful 

 transplanting of orchard trees 

 and they will respond in the same 

 \ray to care in the matter of cul- 

 tivation and proper watering. 

 Excessive watering should be 



for most of our native evergreens require a soil of only moder- 



urc in which to thrive. 



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