14 TREES AND SHRUBS 



METHOD OF HANDLING MATERIAL 



It is not necessary to repeat here the instructions for 

 transplanting dormant plants. Most people who have reached 

 maturity have had some- experience, and those who have not 

 may find instructions in nearly any book on agriculture or 

 horticulture, or even in some nurserymen's catalogues. Bul- 

 letins No. 40 and No. 47 of this Station give some details of 

 this character which are particularly applicable to this region. 



In this bulletin it has frequently been impossible to refer 

 to a plant by anything except its Latin or scientific name be- 

 cause, so far as the author knows, it has no other. In speak- 

 ing of the native plants that have no common names, popular 

 descriptions have been given, so far as possible, and some 

 illustrations have been inserted, but these methods will not 

 always succeed in making the reader think of the plant referred 

 to. Different common names are used for the same plants in 

 different parts of the State, and only a part of the plants here 

 enumerated may be found in any one locality. These condi- 

 tions will, no doubt, cause some confusion in using this bulletin. 

 Many of the plants here described in their summer condition 

 would be recognized in their dormant state only- by a very 

 careful observer. To avoid these difficulties, it is recom- 

 mended that the would-be gardener notice carefully the native 

 plants of his region during the growing season, making par- 

 ticular note of the horticultural possibilities and habits of each, 

 and at the same time examining each with sufficient care to 

 be able to recognize it without leaves or flowers or fruit. 

 When next they are dormant such plants as are selected may 

 be transplanted. Such treatment is. of course, not necessary 

 with any kind of evergreens, since they may be recognized at 

 any time. 



It must be remembered that the roots of conifers must 

 never be allowed to dry during the operation of transplanting. 

 A good way to avoid drying, is to "puddle" them at once, as 

 nurserymen do, by dipping the roots into a thin mud or a mix- 



