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be altogether choked by such a mass of herbage 

 surrounding them. Above all, it is necessary to be 

 most particular in seeing that the young trees 

 chosen be well rooted; that is, having plenty of 

 small fibrous roots, which are the mouths by wliich 

 the plant derives its nourishment from the earth. 

 In a rather light soil, not too highly manured, the 

 roots of young trees are generally good ; but if the 

 young trees have grown in a stiff heavy soil, there 

 is a risk of their being badly rooted ; that is to 

 say, they will most likely have few small fibres, and 

 young trees with few fibres never succeed well when 

 replanted — and more especially the Pine tribe. 

 Much of the success in the growing of trees in the 

 forest, depends upon a good healthy choice from 

 the nursery ; therefore this point should always be 

 carefully attended to by every intelligent planter. 



No proprietor should grudge to give a fair price 

 to a respectable nurseryman, in order to have his 

 orders punctually attended to : the gentleman who 

 offers a fair price is always sure to have a good 

 article sent him ; when a proprietor offers a low 

 price to any nurseryman for his trees, the nursery- 

 man is not enabled to bestow that labour upon the 

 lifting of the young trees which is necessary to 

 secure the safety of the roots. Trees of the pine 

 tribe, if they are lifted out of the earth carelessly, 

 generally lose one half of their roots, and in such 

 a case the trees cannot grow; therefore, every 



