CHAPTER VII 
CARE IN PLANTING TREES 
7 4 RACTICAL application of the physiological 
} t// knowledge contained in the preceding chapters 
*| is needful at the very start, namely, when 
first establishing a tree. ‘The first cause of 
trouble in transplanted trees and of death is not unfrequently 
te be found in the ignorance and lack of care exhibited 
before and during transplanting. Many trees set out are 
dead or are doomed to death before they reach the plant 
hole. 
Trans planting a tree from one stie to another 1s a surgical 
operation during which the patient needs special attention. 
It is rarely, if at all, possible to take up all the fine root- 
lets with their root-hairs intact; these adhere closely to the 
soil particles, hence in the attempt to remove them a portion 
of the feeding apparatus is always mechanically destroyed. 
Next, the delicate root-hairs and fibrils are apt to dry out 
when exposed to the air, especially in windy, sunny, dry 
weather, and thus another portion of the feeding apparatus is 
lost; lastly, with larger specimens, the far-lying roots can 
practically not be reached and a third portion of the root 
system is cut off. Furthermore, if the plant material is 
shipped any distance, the vital activities are interrupted, 
temperature and moisture conditions may be unfavorable 
during transshipment and a partial drying out of roots, 
buds, or foliage is the consequence. 
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