344 METHOD OF PACKING PLANTS FOR EXPORTATION. 



If the ground is shallow, and the under stratum not fit 

 for the growth of trees, the whole should be remoyed, und 

 the beds made good with a better soil. 

 Advantages of fjjy advantage arising from planting trees in this way is, 

 that, the beds being lower than the walks, the water which 

 is poured on, for support of the trees, is prevented from 

 running oiF. The plants are also less exposed to the influ- 

 ence of the winds ; and, if a dry and hot season should im- 

 mediately follow after they are planted, hoops covered witlj 

 mats, straw, or canvas, may be placed over them, to pre- 

 yent the sun from burning the plants, and to hinder ^ toq 

 speedy evaporation of moisture. 

 Shades for the In warm climates, canvas cloth will answer best for these 

 shades, to be fixed during the heat of the day, so as to pre- 

 vent the surface of the mould from becoming dry ; and if -4 

 little water be sprinkled upon the canvas, once or twice dur- 

 ing the day, it will keep it tight, and produce a moist at- 

 mosphere underneath, which will greatly facilitate the 

 growth of the plants. 



These shades should be remoyed at the setting of the sun, 

 and the plants then watered, when they wili also receivq 

 the benefit of the dews during the night. In the morning 

 , the shades should be replaced, and the plants thus protected 

 till they can stand the open air, to which they should gra- 

 dually be inured by removing the shadess daily more and 

 more, till they can be wholly taken away. 

 Distance of first The plants should be planted in rows across the beds, 

 about three inches distance from each other, and the rows 

 should be about nine inches apart ; and when the plants haves 

 grown thus for one year, they may be removed to the places 

 where they are intended to remain. 



I remain, dear Sir, your obedient servant, 



WM. SALISBURY. 

 DEAR SIR, 

 Analysis of the THE analysis of the moss, which you put into my 



Srl""""^^' hands, has afforded the following result. 



A portion of it macerated in boiling distilled water, for 

 twenty-eight hours, yielded a pale straw-coloured, slightly 

 mucilaginous infusion, which was nearly insipid, and of ^ 

 disagreeable odour. 



The 



