THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE, 



SEPTEMBER, 1853. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

 Art. I. A few Hints on the Planting of Ornamental Trees. 



Now that the autumn is ah'eady here, and will soon claim 

 our admiration by the varied and brilliant tints which she 

 throws over woodland and forest, reminding all who possess 

 town or country residences of the season of ornamenting their 

 grounds, or the avenues in front of their dwellings, we may 

 embrace this early opportunity to offer a few hints to young 

 planters, and those who are inexperienced in such work, upon 

 the proper mode of performing these operations, in order to 

 guard them against the popular notions which prevail in this 

 matter. 



Any time about the season of planting in autumn, or in 

 spring, but more particularly the latter season, for it is then 

 that most individuals think of such work, hundreds of elms 

 may be seen exposed for sale in the streets of any of our large 

 country towns or cities. They are large, of course, — small 

 ones would never make a tree, at least in the life time of such 

 a fast people as ours, — for a man who should set out a tree 

 less than twenty feet high and ever expect to sit under its 

 shade, would hardly be considered sane. These elms are 

 brought in loads from some distance in the interior, — perhaps 

 twenty or more miles, — and as they must be sold cheap, it 

 will not do to take much pains with them. They are hauled 

 out of their native soil by the aid of chains and an ox team, 

 with the loss of half of their roots. The next day they are 



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