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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1912 



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FORESTER'S 

 MANUAL 



ERNEST THOMPSON SEION 



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Foresters 



Manual 



■By 



Ernest Thompson Seton 



Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America 



(No. 2 of "The Scout Manual Series") 



THIS is a guide to the trees of Eastern North America which gives three things: 

 First, the identification of the tree, made absolutely easy by drawings and 

 == descriptions; second, where each tree is to be found — with actual maps of 

 v * v I the range of the species; third, it tells the properties and uses of the different 

 trees from the point of view of a scout or woodsman — a unique feature which makes 

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 points as the weight of each kind of wood; the dyes made from bark or leaves; the 

 method of using spruce roots, for instance, to make baskets or for lacing material — 

 these and a thousand other items of woodcraft drawn from Mr. Seton's long study 

 and experience will be found in this invaluable manual. 



Many Illustrations. Cloth: net, $1.00; paper: net, 50 cents. (Postage 10 cents) 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR | 



Rolf in the Woods 



Being the adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum. 

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 practice as a daring scout during the war of 1812; and his adventures around Platts- 

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"The boy who doesn't enjoy this book is no boy at all, but an imitation. It is a good, 

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Full-page illustrations by the author and many marginal drawings 

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Practical Pointers for Moving 

 Large Trees 



THE moving of a large tree often presents 

 more difficulties in contemplation than in 

 the work itself. There is no need for complicated 

 machinery. 



First of all dig a circular trench around the tree 

 to be moved so that plenty of soil will be left about 

 the roots. This trench should be far enough away 

 from the tree to make it unnecessary to cut any 

 roots that are thicker than a man's finger. Like- 

 wise, the trench will need to be wide enough to 

 permit a man to stand in it and to dig with some 

 degree of comfort. Undermine the earth surround- 

 ing the roots to a depth a little more than the width 

 of the earth surrounding the roots. Just before 

 undermining, fasten a rope to a strong crotch in 

 the tree and so pad it with burlap that pulling 

 will not injure the bark. Stakes driven into the 

 ground at a convenient distance, or trees, tele- 

 graph posts, etc. will also afford means of fastening 

 the rope in bending the tree from side to side. 

 Where a direct pull on the rope does not give 

 sufficient power to swing the tree from one side to 

 another the help of block and tackle will make 

 this part of the work very easy. 



After having dug in under the tree as far as 

 possible without loosening the earth from the roots, 

 burlap should be tucked in and tied firmly under 

 the ball of earth and also be continued up around 

 the side. 



After this has been done 

 some loose earth is to be 

 filled in under the burlap and 

 the rope so adjusted that the 

 tree may be tipped over in 

 order that the other half of 

 the ball may be cut from its 

 foundation. This, too, is to 



Dig a hole all around 

 the roots and wrap the 

 ball 



Tip the tree from side 

 to side and fill in below 

 the ball 



be bottomed with securely tied burlap and earth 

 filled in underneath. Now we have the tree with 

 a large ball of earth about its roots standing in a 

 hole in loose soil. 



The next step is to bring that ball of earth to the 

 top of the hole without shaking the soil from the 

 roots. Here the rope comes into play. First 

 tip the tree over to one side as far as may be and 

 fill in with soil under the side tipped up. Put 

 just enough soil into the hole so that the tree may 

 be readily tipped over to the opposite side when 

 soil is to be again filled in. This method of pro- 

 cedure will finally bring the roots to the top of the 

 hole and, moreover, helps to pack the soil that is 

 thrown back into the hole so that there will be 

 little or no settling afterward, especially if, during 

 this filling in, the soil be also tamped. 



Construct a strong platform of 



«/^ sufficient size to hold the mass of 



roots and soil, which may be placed 



on the platform by inclining the 



Work to the top of the 

 hole and slide it out 



Upon a platform on rol- 

 lers to facilitate moving 



