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bone and potash or other good commercial fer- 

 tilizers or barnyard manure. Watering also 

 should not be neglected while the tree is re- 

 covering from the shock of transplanting, and 

 the water should be so generously supplied that 

 there will be no chance of the moisture fail- 

 ing to reach the roots. Mere dampening of 

 the surface is of no benefit; the water must be 

 given in such quantity that it will saturate the 

 soil and penetrate to the roots. This takes 

 much more water than is commonly supposed, 

 for the diffusion of moisture through the soil 

 when supplied to the surface is so slow that 

 the beginner may imagine that, because a pud- 

 dle has been formed on top, the roots have been 

 plentifully supplied. 



EVERGREENS 



In the transplanting of evergreens more care 

 is necessary than with the deciduous trees. 

 They should he planted a full month before the 

 usual summer drought sets in or before the 

 cold of winter is due. This advice is made 

 reasonable at once when it is considered that 

 the roots of evergreens must supply the foliage 

 with moisture every day in the year. There- 

 fore, if established before natural conditions 



