McCNAB—PLANTING OF HARDY EVERGREENS. 331 
removed in spring with balls of earth, or in the end of July or be- 
inning o st, if rain should happen at that season;” 
the soil be dry, but for a very wet soil it is better to defer it till the 
latter end of February, or beginning of March; and for many kinds 
they will take fresh root in a few days, and, on the contrary, w 
these trees are removed in winter, during which time they are 
almost in a state of rest, they do not take root until spring 
advances and sets the sap in motion, so that many times they die, 
especially if the winter proves severe.” 
us Miller leaves us a little in the dark, after all, as to the best 
season for planting evergreens in general: he say 
oudon, in his Encyclopedia of Gardening, on the culture of 
“ All the deciduous so a 
in March; and all the evergreens 
, or early 
from the middle of April to the middle of May, and during the 
e author, in his Kalendarial Index, in the above work, 
rch, April, or early in May, and last 
as possible.” ‘Wherever the plants are to be, or have been, long 
out of the ground, take good care to dry up their roots by exposing 
them as much as you can to the sun and air; do not be nice in 
planting.” 
’ ’ 
P. 440, that “by planting early, that is, soon after autumn, or not later 
