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and keep it cool. The advantage claimed for the straw rope is that it will gradually 

 waste away and accustom the bark to exposure. 



The careful guying or anchoring of large trees I consider an important matter, 

 although I know many rely upon careful planting or the weight of the ball to hold the 

 tree in place. Often this will suffice, but it is the exceptional for which one must provide. 

 I have seen large trees which had been planted the previous fall and were doing well, 

 tilted at an angle of 20 degrees from the vertical by the wind of a July thunderstorm. 

 In many cases, doubtless, the weight of the ball does sufficiently anchor the tree, but it 

 is not to be depended upon. 



One disadvantage of a winter transplanting is that unequal settling is very liable 

 to occur in the following spring. Of course, every precaution should be taken to true the 

 beds and fit them to the ball before planting; but the chances are that in any case where 

 vertical alignment is essential, some readjustment will be necessary the next season. 



A great deal might be said regarding the relative suitability of different kinds of 

 trees for transplanting, about the shape, character of branching, and conditions of health 

 advisable in any specimen to be moved, etc. ; but, perhaps, enough has been suggested for 

 immediate discussion. 



I trust this paper will induce discussion. I hope that not everyone will agree with such 

 opinions as I have expressed. After all is said and done, I come back to the safe and con- 

 servative stand that, unless circumstances make it especially desirable, I prefer to plant 

 small trees in the best possible manner and await results. 



Mr. Langton: The large tree seems to be rampant in the land, and very few of us there are who 

 are not possessed of clients who are desirous of having a full-grown tree put in their ground while they 

 wait. Whether or not this is to be a success only the future can tell. To my mind, the success or lack of 

 success will depend largely upon whether the tree has been prepared beforehand for this heroic treatment. 

 I saw, only the past week, on a large estate, two maples that must have been twelve inches in diameter, 

 and a pin oak that was twelve inches or fourteen inches in diameter, that had been moved now about 

 three years, and they have every evidence of thriving. This last year's growth was vigorous. In my own 

 practice some conifers i6 to i8 feet high were moved without any setback at all, and seem to have gotten 

 ahead. Those who are sufficiently intelligent to be patient, and take medium-sized trees, will usually get 

 the best results; but, if laborers and superintendents can be had who are sufficiently painstaking in taking 

 out the roots, there seems to be no reason, from the experience I have had, why, if preliminary arrange- 

 ments be made to move the tree, and the tree be prepared for this ordeal, the largest of trees may not be 

 moved successfully. 



Mr. Vaux: My experience in moving trees of large size first occurred about twenty years ago near 

 Newport. Mr. Edwin Booth wanted some large trees at a place he had at Seconnet, and he was willing 

 to pay what it would cost to get the trees over there and plant them. He had first to find trees in the neigh- 

 borhood. There were some large elms, about a foot in diameter, and they were moved in the winter with a 

 ball and put in very carefully — some eight or ten of them — and did very well the first year. They were about 

 ten inches in diameter, and the ball was twelve feet across — about as large as could be moved without 

 having a wagon. I went down and looked the trees over about eight years after they had been moved. 

 They had just about held their own, with no growth in the eight years, and they looked rather feeble; but 

 the immediate eff'ect was attained, and it seems to me that, where people want the immediate effect and 

 are willing to pay for it, we shall certainly have to use the new appliances for moving trees. The popular 

 idea of taking a tree about six inches in diameter, which you can move easily, is the best way, of course 

 but those who are rich do not want to do that. In a great many cases, we shall have to meet the want 

 of the people for an immediate effect, and it seems to me that that can be done, if we replace the trees that 

 die. Of course, we cannot do that along an avenue. That can be done only on grounds where there is irreg- 

 ular planting. I think there is a pretty sure failure where the avenue trees are moved, because they will not 

 come up to the standard. 



