to give a shipment of trees the immediate attention they require. Hon 

 grown stock may be left in the nursery until a favorable opportunity 

 getting out the trees occurs. 



TREATMENT BEFORE TRANSPLANTING. 



Seedlings grown for forest planting are usually transplanted, either 

 nursery rows or to the permanent site, when from one to three ye 

 old, and require no preliminary treatment. 



European foresters move young trees with balls of earth adhering 

 their roots, such trees being called '"ball plants." Where the eucal 

 tus is cultivated on a large scale the seedlings are frequently prepai 

 for easy transplanting by being grown in " flats" or seed boxes made 

 some durable wood. The plants may then be removed with a sm; 

 block of earth attached to the roots. 



When the trees to be moved are large they are often prepared by d 

 ging them partly out in the fall, so that a large ball of earth may 

 frozen to their roots. The block of frozen soil, with the tree in it 

 moved during the winter season to a hole which was dug before 

 ground became frozen. 



PUDDLING . 



When a seedling or transplant is taken from the ground, its ro 

 should immediately be plunged into a vessel containing a mixture 

 earth and water about as thick as cream. This mixture is known 

 "puddle,'' and is one of the most important requisites for success 

 tree planting. 



The puddle may be prepared in a pail. tub. or barrel, according 

 the size and number of the trees to be transplanted, and may be carr 

 or drawn along the rows where the digging is in progress. If the tr 

 are to be planted immediately, the vessel holding the puddle may 

 used as*a receptacle to carry them from the nursery to the planting sil 



HEELINU IN. 



If seedlings are received from a distance, the trees should be unpad 

 at once and their roots should be dipped into a puddle. After this 

 trees should be "heeled in" according to the following method ui 

 the time for planting in the held : 



Dig a trench deep enough to bury the roots and part of the stei 

 The trench should run cast and west, with its south bank somew 

 Bloping. A layer of trees should be placed in the trench on its slop 

 side, their tops toward the south, and their roots and stems coverei 

 or 3 inches dee]) with fresh earth dug from the opposite side of 

 trench. A second layer <>l trees should then be put in and covered 

 before and the process repeated until all the trees have been heeled p 



