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places, it would relieve them of their barren aspect, 

 and add much to their beauty. They may be obtained' 

 at most of the nurseries. 



The Arbor Vita — Thuja occidentalis, is the best ev- 

 ergreen for ornamental screens and hedges. It prefers 

 rocky places, the borders of streams or swamps, but 

 grows well on the bluflf, as it does on prairie soil gen- 

 erally. 



Doubtless other evergreens will grow here, and I 

 hope more may be introduced on trial, but the success 

 of those we have named is already an assured fact. 



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In this climate, all transplanting of trees should, 

 be done in spring. They should be neither too large 

 nor too small, but about medium size. If they are too 

 large they will not do so well, and if they are too 

 small it involves an unnecessary loss of time. They 

 should be dug up carefully, and plenty of roots taken 

 with them. The roots should be exposed neither to 

 the sun nor cold air, nor be allowed to dry. Many 

 trees are ruined in this way before they are set. Never 

 buy or receive trees that are brought into the city with 

 the roots exposed, unless it is a cloudy, damp day, and 

 you know they have been recently dug. The roots 

 are necessarly more or less broken and cut off, the top 

 should be cut back in proportion, so as to maintain an 

 equilibrium between them. They should be set the 

 same depth or a little deeper than they originally grew. 

 Each root that is broken should be cut smoothly with 

 a sharp knife, sloping from the tree outwards, with the 

 cut surface downward. The hole should be large, and 

 when the tree is set in it, filled with fine earth to near 



