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and maples, let Us inquire what is the best method of transplanting 

 them. 



The first point regards the selection of the trees themselves. 

 And here Sir Henry Stuart, or his book, would teach many planters 

 a piece of real tree-craft which they are ignorant of ; and that is, 

 that there is as much difference, in point of hardiness and power of 

 endurance, between a tree taken out of the woods, where it is shel- 

 tered by other trees, and one taken from the open field, where it 

 stands alone, exposed to the fullest influences of wind and storm, 

 light and sunshine, as there is between a languid drawing-room fop 

 and a robust Green Mountain boy. For this good and sufficient 

 reason, always choose a tree that grows alone, in an open site, and 

 in a soil that will allow you to retain a considerable ball of roots 

 entire.* 



"How large an elm or maple may we transplant?" Our 

 answer to this question might be, as large as you can afford but 

 for the great difficulty of managing a very large tree when out of 

 the ground. That it may be done, is now a well-established fact ; 

 and hence, the only question is as to its expediency .f Trees from 

 20 to 30 feet in height, we conceive to be, on the whole, the most 

 suitable size. 



There are two modes now in considerable use for moving trees 

 of this size ; the first is the Stuart mode, to be performed in spring 

 or autumn ; the second, the frozen-ball mode, to be performed in 

 winter. 



The Stuart mode is the best for trees of the largest size. In 

 this mode, the roots are laid bare with the greatest care ; every root, 



* The best subjects, when they can be had (as they frequently may in the 

 neighborhood of towns), are trees planted some ten or fifteen years before, 

 in some neighbor's grounds, where they require being taken out (if you can 

 persuade him of it), because originally planted too thickly. 



f One of the most successful instances of this kind of transplanting, in 

 this country, is at the cottage residence of Thomas Perkins, Esq., at Brook- 

 line, near Boston. An avenue of considerable extent may be seen there, 

 composed of elms thirty to forty feet high, beautifully shaped, and having 

 the effect of full-grown trees. They were removed more than a fourth of a 

 mile, from the seat of Col. Perkins, with perfect success, and we believe by 

 the Stuart mode. 



