MCNAB—PLANTING OF HARDY EVERGREENS. 339 
cart or barrel, where the situation is such that this can be brought 
up to the plant. After the first watering has dried up, the earth 
should be levelled round the stem of the plant, and as far out as 
the water has been put on, but not trod ; if the plants are large, a 
ual times recommended, that is, in spring or autumn. I wish it 
to be distinctly understood, and I speak from practice, that I should 
always water evergreens when planted, whether the work is done 
better than treading could do. It is therefore necessary at every 
season, but much less will be required after winter than spring or 
autumn planting. Within these few years ave planted an 
immense number of hardy evergreens, of all sorts and various sizes, 
both in wet ground and in dry ground, in autumn, winter, an 
Spring, and they have been all treated in the way I have 
may be about the roots of importance, in preserving them from 
injury during the operation, rather than for any value it may have 
after the plant has been put into the ground.. I am, however, 
speaking of ordinary sized plants, that is, from one to two and a 
half or three feet high; if much larger than this, I never could move 
them with success, without keeping a large ball of earth about 
their roots, and keeping it as entire as possible. One hint more, 
rgreens 
attention to which I have, 
may prove especially useful to those who have muc such 
to perfo It is, that I very seldom trust the planting of evergreens 
to workmen without being present to superintend the work. very 
gardener, however, cannot do this, but when he cannot, he should 
give the charge to a very trusty man in his absence 
I aware that when evergreens have to be got from a nursery 
and sent to a distance, where they must often be days, and even 
weeks, out of the ground, that the method I have recommended can- 
not be adhered to. In this case, nurserymen ought to be very 
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