342 ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS. [April. 



Evergreens which were planted out in the nur- 

 fery lines, and which have flood four or five years 

 without being removed, ought never to be lifted 

 immediately to the park or the lawn as Tingle 

 plants ; becauie, from the neceffary deftructiorl of 

 their roots in the lifting, they cannot fucceed well 

 for a year or two. Such therefore mould be re- 

 planted, for at leafl one feafon in the Nurfery, that 

 their roots may become full of fibres and bufhy ; 

 whereby they will be enabled to fend up a proper 

 fupply of fap to the top. When there is a necef- 

 jQty for removing large plants which ft and fingle, 

 it is very ufeful to water the ground about their 

 roots, if not already very damp, and to beat or 

 firm the earth well together, by means of a wood- 

 en beater, previous to lifting : By thefe means 

 they may be lifted with large balls. 



, .Where it is wiflied to form groups of the Rho- 

 dodendron, or Arbutus, it is indifpenfably neceffary 

 to provide bog-earth : That neareft approaching to 

 peat-mofs will be found the beft, provided it has 

 been already properly pulverized by frequent 

 turnings. The Red Cedar, the Arbor Vitas, and 

 the Cyprefs, will be found to fet out with greater 

 v ; /our of growth when planted in a little of this 

 fort of foil. 



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