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is not good growing soil, it should be enriched by the admixture of well- 

 rotted manure. 



Hold the tree perpendicularly in position and sift fine soil over and 

 around the roots till they are covered, slightly lifting and lowering the tree 

 in its place to allow the particles of soil to settle close under and about the 

 rootlets. After this, fill the hole with shovelfuls of soil, treading it down 

 firmly as it is put in. Fill to a little higher than the surrounding level to 

 allow for settling. Use no water during the transplanting unless the ground 

 is very dry, in which case, put water on by sprinkling or spraying after the 

 soil is well packed about the roots. 



Trim the top of the tree so that it will not greatly exceed the extent of 

 the root system, which probably was reduced in the transplanting. This 

 cutting away of branches is especially necessary if the transplanting is 

 done late in spring when the tree is in leaf, for the evaporating surface must 

 be reduced. It is best for both the latter reason and for relation to the root 

 system that evergreens be cut back whenever transplanted. 



Almost any young shrub one to three feet tall, depending on the kind, 

 can be successfully transplanted if care is used to keep the roots moist. 

 Nothing could be more satisfactory for massed effects at the sides of the 

 home lawn or for the school grounds, than the wild shrubs from the roadside 

 or the woods border. Such shrubs are laurel, witchhazel, elderberry, spice- 

 bush, sumach, flowering dogwood, red osier, maple-leaved viburnum, thorn 

 apple, barberry and many others. 



In planting a mass of shrubs follow directions for tree transplanting except 

 that the whole space must be dug up so as to set the shrubs two to three feet 

 apart. Do not leave sod between the shrubs or allow grass to grow there later. 



Transplanting Stock from the Nursery 



A tree nursery needs the same situation, soil and preparation as a seed 

 bed (see p. 60). If the soil is dry, wet thoroughly the day before the 

 transplanting. For hand cultivation, plant in parallel rows 2 feet apart; 

 for horse cultivation, the rows may be 3| to 4 feet apart. Dig the trenches 

 such depth as to allow transplanted seedlings to stand 1 to 2 inches 

 deeper than they grew. Set conifer seedlings 4 inches apart in the rows, 

 broadleaf seedlings (i inches apart. 



The important item here, as in all transplanting, is to avoid exposure of 

 the roots to air for even a few seconds. As soon as the seedlings are out of 

 the soil they should have moist earth, wet cloths or chaff thrown over them, 

 or should be put into a pail or tub of thin mud. Leave plants in the nursery 

 until 12 to 18 inches high. 



Transplanting seedlings one or more times, from seed bed to nursery, 

 from nursery to permanent site, strengthens the root systems by making 



