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 26 GUIDE. 



For large-scale cultivation of resinous trees, it's by all accounts more advantageous to 

 sow them as seeds, rather than to transplant them. 



Non-resinous evergreens like holly, laurel, phillyrea, alatern, etc. also have a hard 

 time taking root after transplanting. For this reason they're almost all grown in pots, and 

 the roots are planted with the earth on them. Trees raised this way can be planted all year, 

 except during frost. If they've grown up in open country, they should be lifted with earth 

 on them, planted in wicker baskets, and allowed to take root in a shady spot. After it's 

 certain that they've rooted again, they're planted at their final location. The most 

 favorable season for planting evergreens in baskets is mid-spring, when the sap begins to 

 rise. If they're transplanted before or after this period, the young trees remain inactive for 

 a long time and a large number often perish. The less their roots and branches are cut, the 

 better. For the trees to grow successfully, it's advantageous to avoid planting them when 

 they're too old; it's hard for aging trees to take root again. Ordinarily, one chooses healthy 

 trees six to eight years old and four to six feet tall, with trunks not more than three inches 

 in diameter at the base. But this rule has exceptions. Trees like the holly take root best 

 when they're about the size of one's lower leg, but this is most unusual. 



