JiTUESEEY PRACTICE. 



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will vary with the kind of tree, and also with the amount 

 of injury done. Where the injury is severe a much longer 

 time, -wiil„ be required for recovery than where it is 

 slight. 



Time to Transplant. Planting of trees should always 

 be done when they__are dormant, or just_ as they start 

 into growth in the spring, which is generally froni. the 

 middle to las^ofJAjpril. If for any reason it is desirable 



Fig. 30. — Moving large trees in winter. (After P. S. 

 Peterson <fe Co.) 



to risk the moving of trees late in the spring, after the 

 leaves have started, thejL_shouLd be_ cut-back ^severely, 

 all the leaves removed, and great pains be taken to se- 

 cure all the roots and to prevent their drying out. Verj^ 

 hardy deciduous trees, as the Elm, Cottonwood, Box- 

 elder and Ash, can often be successfully moved in the 

 faILil.the ground is moist at_the J,ime_.of .remaval, but 

 great care must be taken to work the soil in very com- 



