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strength by the means of a careful taking up, well 

 prepared soil to receive them, and a judicious pruning 

 of both roots and head, solely for the purpose of 

 increasing their volume. 



The old custom of severely lopping transplanted 

 trees of considerable size was with the double intent 

 of reducing the head to an equality with the damaged 

 root, and to lighten it against the power of wind. 

 This rule was oftentimes too indiscriminately and 

 extremely applied ; and, consequently, such severe 

 dismemberment brought on a partial or total paralysis, 

 which killed the tree. Besides, some forest trees 

 cannot bear pruning at any time, unless the whole 

 branch is cut smoothly off: such is the beech. 



The foregoing remarks on the necessity of cutting 

 in the head of a new transplanted tree in the first 

 year are only applicable to young fruit trees, of the 

 usual size and age, when taken from the nursery to 

 the orchard or garden. On the general propriety of 

 doing so, there need be no doubt; but the exact 

 manner of doing it cannot be defined, because much 

 depends on the condition of the tree, and the manner 

 in which it is intended to be trained. 



Young forest trees, when transplanted, require but 

 little pruning ; those of the Conifer ce none at all. 

 Deciduous kinds should have irregular laterals cut 

 off close, not only to give supremacy to the leading 

 shoot, but to make the young tree less liable to be 

 shaken by the wind. 



Much has been written on the subject of trans- 



