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ranging from 3^ to 5 feet were transplanted by a 



2 2 -inch apparatus, and those from 8 to 10 feet high 

 by a 30 -inch apparatus. All the plants had "been 

 once watered " after removal, and at the time of in- 

 spection seemed to be quite healthy and vigorous, and 

 apparently not at all deteriorated by the operation. 



The committee next inspected a number of conif- 

 erous trees that had been transplanted at the same 

 time, — among which were Cedrus deodara, Pinus aus- 

 triaca, P. laricio, P. pinaster, P. cembra, P. caramanica, 

 P. Pallasiana, weeping Scots pine, and others. The 

 weeping Scots pine had made shoots this season of 

 from 3 to 6 inches. P. austriaca, 7 feet high, had 

 made shoots of from 6 to 8 inches. The other plants 

 ranged from 6 to 10 feet in height, were all healthy, 

 and growing vigorously. One plant of Pinus Pal- 

 lasiana, about 9 or 10 feet high, had been taken out 

 of a row of plants standing very close together, and 

 two of which had to be cut to allow the apparatus 

 to be used. Prom an inspection of the position from 

 which the plant had been removed, the committee 

 were of opinion that it would have been very difficult, 

 if not impossible, to have done the work successfully 

 with common spades in the usual way. Yet the plant 

 had been removed by M'Glashen's 30 -inch apparatus, 

 without having suffered in the slightest degree by the 

 operation. 



Many other plants had been transplanted at the 

 same time by the apparatus, and were each minutely 

 inspected by the committee. None of them seemed 

 to have suffered at all by the performance. Some 

 double thorns, on the contrary, appeared to have 

 benefited by the process, and produced shoots of from 



3 to 3i feet long. 



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