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THE AET OF TRANSPLANTING TRE?S. 



November, 1848. 



WE must' have a little familiar conversation, tKis month, on the 

 subject of TRANSPLANTiNa TREES. Ow remarks will be in- 

 tended, oficourse, for the uninitiated; not for those who. have grbwn 

 wise with experience. 



That there is a difficulty 'in transplanting trees, the multitude 

 of complaints and inquiries whidh beset us, most, abuiidantly- 

 prove. That it is, on the other hand, a very easy and simple pro- 

 cess, the uniform success of skilful cultivators, as fully establishes. 



The difficulty then, lies, of course, in a want of knowledge, on 

 the. part of the unsuccessful practitioner. This want of knowledge 

 may be stated, broadly, under two heads, viz., ignorance of the , 

 organization of trees, and ignorance of the necessity of feedinff 

 them. 



The first point is directly the most imporWt, for'the, very pro- 

 cess ,of transplanting is founded upon it. Since this art virtually 

 consists in removing, by violence, a tree from one spot to another, 

 it is absolutely necessary to know how much violence we niay use 

 without defeating the end? in view. A common soldier will, with 

 his sword, cut off a man's limb, in such a manner that he takes his 

 life aWaJr with it. A skilful surgeon, will do the same thing, in or-~ 

 der to preserve life. There are, also, manifestly two ways of trans- 

 planting trees. 



That the vital principle is a wonderful and mysterious , power, 

 even in plants, cannot be denied. But because certain trees, as 



