170 Care in Planting Trees 
“Heeling” them in deeply in a trench under shade and in 
fresh soil, and drenching them thoroughly with water, ‘keep- 
ing them dienched for a day or two, or even keeping them 
entirely submerged under water may restore what appeared 
quite hopeless material. Even if the leaves of conifers have 
suffered, so long as the buds are still fresh looking, the case 
is not quite hopeless if proper care is applied in keeping 
roots and tips moist, and especially if rainy weather 
sets in. 
Even if the buds of conifers are started, they can be safely 
transplanted, except the larch, which is sensitive in this 
respect. Broad-leaved stock, arriving after the foliage is 
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out_or with the buds started, is best stripped of its foli- 
“age or deprived of the most. forward buds to prevent wilting, 
and {6 give time for the roots to take hold before too. much 
Anand j is made on the water-supply. 
In forest planting, where thousands of small trees are set, 
they are transported to the plant holes in a pail partly filled 
with water (better than a loam puddle), and the larger 
specimens should be similarly kept moist by various means 
on their way to the plant hole. 
The advantage, of _nursery—grown trees over _naturally 
grown stock from pasture or forest lies not only i in the more 
symmetrical Grown which Tie Bieryman can produce By 
‘proper attention, but i in the more compact root system, Wi With 
feeding roots close to the stem, which he caninduce, and 
which enables him to take it up and preserve it it more more Feadil 
in its entirety. _the value of so-called “transplanted” o 
“several times transpl planted stock”? lies in the compact 
stocky root system, and_in the properly trained crown, 
produced by proper_pruning at _each.transplanting. In 
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purchasing nursery stock, therefore, we expect not only live 
roots and buds, but a good form of root system and crown. 
