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Principles of Plant Culture. 



desired height. If the tree is to be lowered, earth is 

 removed at each tilt. 



404. Sacking the Earth-Enclosed Roots is practiced 

 in lifting and removing orange trees in California and 

 may be profitably employed with other evergreens. A 

 rather deep trench is dug at one side of the tree, and 

 from this trench, the deeper roots are severed. The 

 top earth is then removed down to the first lateral 

 roots, when all the remaining large roots are severed at 

 some distance from the trunk. The tree is next tilted 

 to one side and a piece of burlap or matting is drawn 

 beneath it, after which the matting is folded about the 

 earth cylinder and well tied. 



B— REMOVING THE PLANT. 



Plants with their roots out of the soil should be care- 

 fully protected from mechanical injury, from drying 

 and from freezing. To insure 

 such protection, plants to be 

 transported any considerable 

 distance should be packed. 



405. Plants Packed for 

 Transportation should be in- 

 closed throughout, and the 

 roots should be in close contact 

 mth some moist material, pref- 

 erably bog moss. Straw is often 

 used for this purpose and an- 

 FiG. 129. Showing how swers Well for packing about 



plants should he packed '^ " 



for shipping. the trunks and branches of 



trees, but it is inferior to moss for inclosing roots, as 



