THE CANADIAN IIORTICULTUEIST. 151 



should be taken off the ground the previous season if the land has 

 been lying in sod. Some maples, elms and other trees ripen 

 their seed during the early and middle part of summer, and these 

 should be at once committed to the soil as soon as ripe, and will make 

 a foot of growth the first season. The evergreens are more difficult to 

 manage from seed, and should consequently be obtained from pro- 

 fessional nurserymen who make a business of raising them. They 

 should be purchased at not less than two years old, and may be planted 

 out at from one to three feet high. No evergreen should be planted in 

 the autumn, nor should any tree be obtained that has been dug in the 

 fall and heeled-in all winter. They should be dug from the rows in 

 the spring as early as practicable, and immediately planted. No 

 manure sliopld be used aboat the roots, but a mulch of straw or long 

 coarse manure could be used with good advantage to cover the roots, 

 and this would assist in keeping the weeds from growing. The soil 

 should not be dug with a spade after the trees are planted, but should 

 be kept light and friable on the top with a hooked fork, sometimes 

 called a potato digger. 



The preference should be given to liome nurseries for young ever- 

 green trees to set in the town plot for future use, and it should be seen 

 that the roots are kept moist from the time the trees are taken up 

 until they are replanted. If they have to be carried far the roots 

 should be puddled in a batter made of clay, and if moved to any con- 

 siderable distance a further precaution should be taken by covering 

 with old carpet bagging or some such material. 



Advantage should be taken of cloudy or drizzling days, and better 

 success will be secured. Evergreens should never be procured from a 

 long distance unless the party ordering is previously satisfied that the 

 man they are to be obtained from is very reliable. Transient tree 

 peddlers should be scrupulously avoided in this matter, as they will 

 try to dispose of trees heeled in all winter, and will care very little 

 as to the moistened state of the roots. 



We have heard it stated by practical nurserymen that in some 

 cities it is difficult to get trees to grow in the streets, but we think if 

 a little extra precaution is taken there M'ill not be much difficulty in 

 making anything like good stock to flourish. If the trees require 

 watering, as they will if the weather is very dry after they are set, 

 care should be taken not to* put on too much moisture, birt the rule 



