PACKING TREES. BL 
the wind and sun until packed for transportation. 
In a large nursery, it is not an unusual thing to see 
trees left lying on the ground without protection for 
several hours, before being taken to the packing 
house. This should not be permitted, for both wind 
and sun injure the young roots. 
PACKING TREES. 
it is a strange thing, but nevertheless true, that 
nearly all purchasers object to have a charge for 
packing added to their bills. This certainly ought 
not to be the case. The nurseryman sells his trees 
at so much per hundred or thousand, and puts down 
the prices so low that he cannot afford to pay for 
boxes and material, all of which the purchasers get 
and can make use of in some other way. If the 
trees have to go a long distance, it is always safer to 
instruct the nurseryman to use well-made boxes and 
pack a sufficient quantity of moss among the roots 
to keep them moist. For short transportation, the 
tops may be bound in straw to protect them from 
injury, the roots covered with moss, and coarse bag- 
ging carefully fastened on with very strong cord, 
such as is used for baling hay. The nurseryman 
should also be instructed whether to forward the 
packages by railroad, steamboat, or express, also 
naming the line. A neglect in giving these direc- 
