Mode of transplanting a large Cedar. S53 



ation in 1822. Neither can it be ascertained if it has been a 

 seedling or a budded or grafted plant. It seems probable, how- 

 ever, that it has been a seedling, as no appearance of either bud 

 or graft is observable above the surface of the ground. This 

 species seems quite as hardy as the common ^'rbutus l7^iedo, or, 

 indeed, any other hardy evergreen, as it has never been the least 

 injured by our severest w^inters. It has occasionally produced a 

 few apparently ripe fruit, but none of the seeds have yet been 

 got to germinate. It is grown in a dry situation, and in a light 

 sandy soil. The centre of the plant is about 8 ft. south from a 

 wall 14 ft. high. The size of it, when planted in its present site, 

 on the 30th of September, 1822, and its size on the 30th of Sep- 

 tember, 1836, are given below: the sketch shows its present 

 shape and size. 



Sep. 30, 1822. Sep. 30. ] 836. 

 Height of the tree from the level of the ground - 13 ft. - 19 ft. 



Diameter of branches from east to west - - 16 ft. 6 in. - 23 ft. 

 Diameter of branches from north to south - - - 9 ft. 16 ft 6 in. 



The head is formed from three principal branches, which 

 separate close to the surface of the ground. The largest of 

 these, on the 30th of September, 1836, was 3 ft. in circumfe- 

 rence ; the second, 2 ft. in circumference ; and the third, 1 ft. 

 1 1 in. in circumference. 



Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, September, 1836. 



Art. VI. A Mode of transplanting a large Cedar Tree described. 

 By J. CuTHiLL, Gardener to Capt. Trotter, Dyrham Park. 



It is twelvemonths ago since I moved a very fine cedar tree, 

 30 years old and upwards, from 18 ft. to 20 ft. in height, 2 ft. in 

 circumference at 1 ft. from the ground, and 48 ft. round the ex- 

 tremities of the branches. The reason why it was moved was, 

 that it stood in front of where the conservatory was building. 

 In order to accomplish such a difficult task, I cut the roots 4 ft. 

 from the stem all round to the very bottom, in the month of 

 April, in order to get young fibres to support the ball, and also 

 for securing the life of the tree. In the month of November 

 following it had made roots 6 in. long ; and I must candidly say, 

 that, had the roots not been cut, the tree, in all probability, would 

 have perished. Now, the cutting is one of the two principal 

 points in transplanting large evergreens ; and the next large one 

 I have to move I shall cut it two years previous to shifting. The 

 next principal point is the making of the puddle for planting in. 

 The mixture ought to be made so thick, that the ball will make 

 its way to the bottom of the puddle in the course of a very few 

 days. It next cements with the ball, and, of coui'se, excludes the 

 air, and makes all as firm as if it had not been moved ; and, from 



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