304 PLANTING. 



this the plants to be transported should then be so arranged that 

 the roots lie in the middle over the moss or green grass and leaves, 

 the crowns just stopping short of the end of the twigs or rods 

 below. When a sufficient number of plants has been thus ar- 

 ranged, the bands should be tightly drawn over the whole and tied 

 Tip, forming a more or less cylindrical bundle. In these bundles 

 the roots are completely withdrawn from the influence of the out- 

 side air, and the crowns, being pressed together and covered at the 

 end of the bundles by the projecting extremities of the twigs and 

 rods, transpire as little as possible and are protected from physical 

 injuries. According to the size of the plants the number in each 

 bundle will range in round numbers from 100 to 1,000. 



The larger category of middle-sized plants and those of the 

 higher classes are generally both too long and too strongly deve- 

 loped in the stem and roots to be packed up in any but single- 

 headed bundles. These are formed and tied up in the same way 

 as double-headed bundles, except that all the foliage is on one side, 

 and the roots, and therefore the packing of moss and other soft 

 green stuff, on the other. It is evident that the shape of such 

 bundles will be conical, the roots forming the apex, which should 

 be well closed. The plants, especially the root portion, are not so 

 well protected here as in double-headed bundles, and on this 

 account plants above 2^ feet in length exclusive of the roots ought 

 to be transported over long distances only in very exceptional 

 Cases. A single bundle will contain from 50 to 150 middle-sized 

 plants and from 15 to 50 large plants. 



It is obvious that yearlings, and other small plants of herbaceous 

 and, therefore, tender constitution, are hardly adapted for being 

 packed up in bundles of either kind. 



ARTICLE 2. 



Packing and transport of suckers. 



Suckers may be packed and transported in the same manner as 

 seedlings, which they will practically resemble in every respect if 

 they have been schooled. The main point to bear in mind is that 

 the portion of the parent root removed with them should not dry 

 up to the extent of losing the faculty of rapidly conducting water. 

 Nevertheless, there are some species, e.g., sissu, the roots of which 

 enjoy such remarkable vitality, that the parent root-segment can 

 stand complete exposure in a moist atmosphere for many hours and 

 even one or more days, if only the leafy portion is limited or has 

 been freely pruned or even entirely removed. Suckers of such 



