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reason why early transplanting is so beneficial when 

 properly performed. Our French neighbours are 

 not unaware of this, for, at Montreuil, November is 

 considered to be the proper month for planting; 

 but then there is, no doubt, as much heat in the 

 earth during November in that sunny spot as there 

 is in our cloudy land during October. When, 

 however, trees are received from a distance the 

 case is different. The leaves cannot be expected 

 to recover, and no advantage can be obtained by 

 planting so early. Provided, then, care is taken 

 to anticipate the extreme cold of November, early 

 in that month is a suitable time. 



Should early planting be impossible, it is not a 

 bad plan to wait till mild weather sets in in 

 February or March. Dry, windy, or sunny days, 

 are unfavourable for transplanting, on account of 

 the amount of evaporation they promote in the 

 tree : for even when the trees are without leaves, 

 evaporation takes place through the bark ; and if 

 there be no corresponding absorption of moisture 

 through the spongioles to supply this waste., they 

 being out of the ground, the tree suffers, A mild, 

 rather damp day is then the best for the operation 

 we are describing. 



Of course, young trees are by far the most easy 

 to remove. Whenever large fruit trees are trans- 

 planted, men, of great experience in such matters, 



