340 HISTORY OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN. 
careful to injure the roots as little as possible in raising them, an 
to have them out of the ground as short a time as possi ible, = 
will be long before the plants recover. Care should also be taken 
never to allow the roots to dry between the time they are taken out 
of the ground and the time they are packed. This method of pack- 
ing would, no doubt, add a little to the weight, and, consequently, 
to the expense of carriage. The safety of the plants, however, will 
be found far to overbalance this additional expense of carriage. The 
nurseryman to make a higher charge for his package; but this 
additional selertg too, would be amply repaid to the receiver by the 
superior state his plants would be in 
I am aware, however, that to attend to all this when evergreens 
are got out of a nursery in spring is Be difficult. Let any man 
eoftectets together, and packed in a dull day in winter, even wi 
ordinary care, without having their roots dried up; and I cannot 
too often sepia that this is always a primary consideration in trans- 
pieene evergreens. If, therefore, people will not plant evergreens 
n winter, I would, at all events, recommend them to get these plants 
ise of the nursery in winter, to lay them in by the heels, soaking 
them well with water, and to let them lie there till what ‘they call 
the best time for planting arrives; and then they will have their 
neon ina zd better state than when got out of the nursery in Apri 
cannot hee here room —— of a quotation in the 
Planter’s Guide first edition, aid to be obtained from 
one of the most candid and intelli eat a Pecceae in Scotland, for, 
although it oar principally to forest trees, it applies equally well 
to evergreen: 
This pamulid nurseryman is made to say—‘‘ Give gentlemen who 
are the most partial to planting but cheap plants, and they neither 
know nor care about the quality.” (He is again made to say) “ His 
