

5? 



Figure 3. Figure 4. 



the root will repay the trouble taken. You thereby give 

 the tree less repairs to make good. Use the six-pronged 

 fork in the up-take, and as much as possible avoid the 

 knife-edge of the spade. The quick formation of new 

 rootlets depends upon a certain congenial warmth of the 

 soil, with the presence of sufficient and not too great 

 moisture. Hence in the parts of the Colony where, owing 

 to altitude, the winter is severe, it is bad policy to trans- 

 plant in early winter under the idea that the roots get hold 

 of the ground before they make their spring start. Near 

 the coast, where one may in winter have many consecutive 

 days of mild weather, the root-system of trees so treated 

 may begin to develop. But it is certain to be checked by 



Figure 3. Active and inactive zone of root of wheat-plant. 



Figure 4. Tip of a root-hair covered with particles of soil, greatly magnified. 



