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freely, for three or four days, when on taking up the 

 plants they will be found to be making a new root growth, 

 shown by the young white rootlets. When in this condi- 

 tion they will nearly all grow when transplanted if care- 

 fully done and roots not exposed to the air and placed in 

 shade for a few da}^s till over waiting. I use the same 

 sized box for transplanting into as for seed boxes, putting 

 the young plants in with a dibble about two inches apart 

 each way, but I use heavier soil for this purpose, good 

 clay loam, with a little well rolled manure, and enough 

 sand or light soil to make it pliable is best, as it enables 

 the planter remove the young plant with a squen of soil 

 adhering to the roots, when transplanting to the field, which 

 should be done when the plants are from six to twelve or 

 fifteen inches high. 



Yours Respectfully, 



BYRON O. CLARK. 



The better the soil is worked the better the tree will 

 grow. General plowing is the best preparation of land for 

 tree planting. Dug holes cost more and are not so good 

 as a general breaking up of the soil. 



We find Eucalyptus trees succeed well when planted 

 from nursery boxes when the trees are 6 to 12 inches 

 high. This is specially true of the blue gum. Trees cost 

 more in cans or pots and do little if any better. They 

 should be turned out of the pot, but may be left in the 

 cans, which must then be cut down one side. Mr. Walter 

 Gill recommends planting the seedlings in nursery in bam- 

 boo canes and setting the tree in the field with the bamboo 

 intact. The bamboo soon rots and leaves the tree free and 



