Before you remove the Trees intended to be transplanted, or before you unpack 

 you may have received, you should full}^ prepare the holes to receive them. 

 But if, from any cause, delay is indispensably necessary in preparing the holes, the 

 trees should be well wet over the roots and branches, and the roots be then entirely 

 well covered in a trench, till you are ready to commence planting them. It is of 

 great benefit to puddle the roots of Trees before planting, which operation should be 

 performed thus: — Make a hole in the ground four feet in diameter, and two and a 

 half deep, and fill it with water; then pulverize equal quantities of rich mould and 

 old decomposed manurje. and throw in, and mix the whole well, so as to form a 

 thick puddle. At the time of planting, place the roots of each tree in the puddle, 

 giving the tree two or three turns until the puddle adheres to every root, then pro- 

 ceed immediately to plant it, vhe holes having been previously prepared as follows: 

 Make the holes full large in proportion to the size and spread of the roots of the 

 trees, so that they may be spread out and in no wise cramped. The usual diameter 

 will be three to four feet, and the depth two to three feet. In removing the earth, 

 place the surface soil aside by itself, and cast away the poisonous bottom soil as 

 useless. Mix in with the surface soil about an equal portion of rich mould, and of 

 old well-rotted manure, in sufficient quantity to replace the inferior soil cast aside, 

 and then pulverize the whole. This done, then spread a portion of the prepared 

 compost at the bottom of the hole, and alter having pared any bruised or broken 

 parts of the roots of the tree, place it in position, and at a depth of one inch below 

 that at which it had previously stood. Then whilst one person holds the tree erect, 

 let another fill in the prepared compost till the roots are covered, treading it down 

 well; then fill up the remainder without treading, as the surface should be loose in 

 order to receive the rains. Make a slight cavity around the tree for the same object, 

 and to receive waterings. When thus planted, water the tree plentifully, and do the 

 same occasionally afterwards, and especially if the weather should prove dry. Ever- 

 green Trees are usually transplanted with balls of earth, and, therefore, the puddling 

 will be dispensed with, unless some of the roots should become bare. 



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