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ing up the trees, the principal branches being only firft 

 fecured, the whole being completed when the ground has 

 fully fettled. 



The tranfplanting of efpalier and ftandard trees only 

 differs in this, that a full circle is to be dug round them. 



The moil proper feafons for tranfplanting large fruit- 

 trees, are either in the beginning of the autunm, or jull 

 before the fpring, in mild weather. 



A great number of fuch large trees has been tranfplanted 

 in this manner with complete fuccefs, fome of which have 

 borne half crops the firft year afterwards, and others more, 

 the fruit in moft cafes being greatly improved, as may be 

 fully iecn by confulting different papers on the fubjeft in 

 the volume of Horticultural Tranfaftions already noticed. 



For fruit-grounds, the young ilocks for apple-tree plants 

 are moflly in a proper itate for tranfplanting out the fecond 

 or third year of their growth. See Stocks, Apple, Sec. 



The tranfplantation of the bloffom-buds of fruit and other 

 trees has lately alfo been tried, by transferring the abundant 

 buds of this fort, of one tree to the barren branches of 

 others, which is faid to be capable of being performed with 

 facility, and perhaps confiderable advantage, in fome cafes. 

 Such buds of pear-trees, when inferted into the ftrong 

 young {hoots of old ones, may afford abundant crops of 

 very fine pears, and be gained with little trouble. The 

 buds of thofe pear-trees are the beft which have been 

 formed upon the bafes of the abortive bunches of blofToms 

 of the preceding year ; and that, inftead of taking out the 

 wood of the bud wholly, as is ufual, it is moft advantageous 

 to let it remain in fmall quantities, only paring it very thin. 

 See a Paper in the London Horticultural Tranfaftions, 

 vol. ii. 



Transplantation of Flotver-Plants, among FloriJIs, the 

 means of putting out and managing the different forts of 

 young plants of this kind. Work of this fort ftiould 

 always be performed according to the particular nature and 

 habits of growth of the feveral kinds of thefe plants. In 

 the auricula, the polyanthus, and different other fimilar kinds, 

 the tranfplanting is often done early in the fpring feafon by 

 fome ; while others perform it annually about the beginning 

 of the autumnal feafon, efpecially for the firft of thefe forts ; 

 but probably the moft fuitable period is that about the 

 beginning of the firft of the above feafons, when the weather 

 is rather fhowery, though it may often be performed later 

 with good fuccefs. Thofe plants defigned for very ftrong 

 blooming, (hould, however, never be tranfplanted, either 

 early in the fpring or too late in the fummer, as they always 

 require to get well-rooted before the winter feafon fets in. 

 But notwithftanding the young offsets and other plants are 

 to be tranfplanted in the above manner into their fmall pots, 

 the large ftrong-blowing roots are not to be tranfplanted or 

 removed more frequently than once in every two or three 

 years, as the riik of having fine ftrong flowers is otherwife 

 very great, as plants of this fort never thrive in a right 

 manner, until their roots have reached the fides of the pots, 

 which rarely happens in fo ftiort a time as twelve months ; 

 but a difference is to be made, in performing this fort of 

 work, between the plants which throw out fuckers or off- 

 fets in great abundance, and fuch as do not ; as the former 

 require more frequent tranfplanting, all or moft of fuch 

 parts being carefully pared off and removed at the time ; 

 while in the latter it need not be fo often. Where plants of 

 ftrong fuperior bloom for increafe are wanted, it is of ma- 

 terial confequence to keep all fuch fuckers and offsets from 

 growing on the ftocks of the old plants without fibres, they 

 being kept conftantly well rubbed off while of very fmall 



fizes, but thofe that rife from below the furface of the earth 

 need not be fo much regarded. 



It is thought by fome, that the large healthy ftrong 

 blooming plants of this fort need not be removed or tranf- 

 planted, and have the earth fhaked wholly from their roots 

 every year, as is the ufual praftice ; as they have been found 

 to do better without, by having occafional frcfh earthings 

 without removing them from the pots in fome late trials. 

 They fhould not, however, remain longer in this way than 

 the third year. Florifts in general have, it is fuppofed, 

 been too fond of frequently tranfplanting or removing the 

 large blooming plants of this fort, as once in two, or not 

 more than three years, will be found fufficient, and more 

 beneficial. The plants of this large blooming kind are not 

 by any means to be tranfplanted or removed in dry hot 

 times, as by fliaking the mould cleanly from the roots of the 

 plants, frefh fibres will not be freely drawn, unlefs the 

 feafon be inchned to be (howery, and there be what is termed 

 a cool moift ftate of the air. Fine young maiden plants 

 may, however, fometimes be tranfplanted into fmall pots in 

 fuch dry weather, being flipped out of the pots with the 

 whole balls of earth about them, and then immediately re- 

 planted in fuU-fized blooming pots for the enfuing feafon. 

 In fhort, in tranfplanting theie as well as many other forts 

 of flower-plants, much muft always depend upon the llate 

 and condition in which the plants are found. 



Where the plants of this kind have not been tranfpl.mted 

 for fome length of time, as two or three years, the iniall 

 roots having filled the pots, the large, the tap, or the carrot 

 root, as it is often termed, may have become fo long as to 

 ftand in need of fliortening by taking it out of the pot, 

 Ihaking the earth away from it, and doing what is neceflary, 

 as by remaining too long it either gets rotten at the end, 

 and conftantly keeps the plant weak, or becomes too long 

 for a common pot ; befides, it wants (hifting or tranfplanting 

 every year, and never produces fine ftrong flowers. The 

 fmall roots are to be reduced to about a dozen, thofe neareft 

 the leaves being left for fupporting the plants. Where there 

 is any canker or rottennefs in the root, it is to be cut to 

 the quick or quite found parts, and the wounded part fe- 

 cured by the ufe of a compofition made of bees-wax, tur- 

 pentine, and white refin, and be made to cruft over by ex- 

 pofure to the fun. Where large blooming or other plants 

 of this fort to be removed have been in the pots only one 

 year fince the laft tranfplanting, they are to be flipped out 

 of the pots, with all the earth about them ; and as the roots 

 will be fmall and but little matted, it need not be fliaken from 

 them, only cutting it and the fibres of the roots down to a 

 fmall ball in each plant, according to their ages and fizesi 

 Some, however, do not like this method, but remove all the 

 earth in tranfplanting them. 



Different other fine flower-plants are to be managed 

 fomewhat in the manner which has been thus laid down in 

 tranfplanting them, as the differences of their nature and 

 habits may direft, only they will, for the moft part, feldom 

 require fo many tranfplantations ; indeed once or twice will 

 almoft always be as many as are neceffary for them. 



TRANSPLANTED or Ground Onion, in GarJen- 

 ing, a new fort of root of this kind lately brought from 

 Egypt, and introduced into the northern parts of this 

 ifland by Mr. J. Burn, captain in the royal navy, whence it 

 is fometimes called by that name. 



The manner of its cultivation, ufes, and advantages, are 

 thus defcribed in a paper in the Scotch Horticultural 

 Memoirs. The roots, being feparated from the branches in 

 which they grow, Ihould be put out or tranfplanted into 



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