128 FIELD, FOREST AND FARM 



strip the roots of the refractory subject without 

 mercy, cutting and mutilating a certain number of 

 them and then putting back the earth that has been 

 removed. A diminution in the flow of sap must 

 necessarily result from this surgical operation. Fi- 

 nally, if the tree is small enough for the purpose, it 

 is dug up at the end of autumn, with care to pre- 

 serve the roots as far as possible, and planted again 

 somewhere else. The disturbance caused by this 

 change of place suffices to make the tree blossom the 

 next year." 



