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I' joints on tlje aran0planting anb Mana%tmmi of Srasf. 



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Every man who purchases a tree should make it a point to have it transplanted in the very best 

 manner. The future value and even existence of the tree depends upon it. Better cast your mo- 

 ney away at once than purchase trees, to be planted carelessly on an unprepared, unsuitable soil. 

 Anxious that the trees sent from this establishment should succeed well, we solicit our customers 

 'to give, in every instance, their best attention to this matter of careful transplanting. Their own 

 interests demand it. 



For the benefit of those uninformed on the subject, we subjoin the following brief directions, 

 which, if carefully followed, will, as a general thing, ensure success : 



1st. Before you procure your trees, prepare the ground you intend to plant, in the best style. 

 '.'jif it be a border in your garden where you intend to plant the finer fruits or dwarf trees, trench it 

 l to the depth of two feet, turning in a liberal supply of old, decomposed manure. If it be orchard 

 ' I trees, prepare your ground by a thorough, deep plowing ; if necessary, plow it twice or three 

 ', i dmes. It is much easier to put land in good order before trees are planted, than aftenoards. But 

 • : vyhere circumstances will admit of it, orchard ground should be cropped one, or even two seasons 

 1 ll jefore hand, with a view to its improvement and preparation. 



2d. Prepare, in one corner of your field, a good heap of compost, by mixing fresh barn-yard 

 'nanure, with an equal quantity of leaf mould from the woods, and muck, or peat ; a quantity of 

 le^xhed ashes, if convenient, may be added ; and where the land is not naturally calcareous, a 

 *^all quantity of lime. This makes an excellent manure for trees. We use it extensively, and 

 ['ijjcommend it from experience. It is cheap too, and within the reach of every farmer. 



3d. When your ground is thus prepared, and your compost heap in readiness, you are ready for 

 planting, which should be done as follows : Dig holes for your trees not less than three, and 

 better five, feet square, and two feet deep, throw the sub-soil aside, and fill into the bottom of the 

 lole, sufficient fine, friable surface mould, mixed with a couple of shovels full of the compost, to 

 )ring it to a proper depth to receive the tree. 



4th. Prune off", carefully, all the bruised or broken portions of roots, and place the tree in the 

 spot prepared for it, in a perfectly upright position, spread out the roots carefully, in their natural 

 >.?rder, and after having mixed two or three shovels full of the compost with the earth, which 

 should all be finely broken, fill it in. This must be done in such a way that every cavity will be 

 illed up ; when the roots are covered, a pail of water thrown in, serves to wash the earth in 

 imong the roots ; after the water has settled, fill in the remainder of the earth, and press it down 

 gently with the foot ; and thus the planting is completed. 



5th. Trees should never be planted so deep but that when the earth settles, they will stand 

 tist as they did in the nursery. Deep planting is much practised, and is fatal to the health and 

 vigorous growth of trees. The upper roots should be two to three inches below the surface — 

 not more in any case. 



•) 6th. In all cases where it may be apprehended that the winds will blow the tree about, so as 

 H make an opening around the bottom, (as is the case generally with trees of even moderate 

 ize,) care should be taken to prevent it by tying the trees firmly to a stake, in such a manner as 

 ot to injure the bark. Some matting, or old cloth, may be put around the tree or between the 

 ree and the stake, to prevent collision. 



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7th. Watering is sometimes deemed necessary after spring planting, when a drought pre- 

 vails ; and, under such circumstances, if properly performed, may be very advantageous. But 

 he common method of throwing it on the surface, is labor lost and worse. Instead of penetra- 

 ing the earth and affording nourishment to the thirsty roots, it quickly evaporates, and leaves the 

 ree in a more likely state of perishing than it was before. The earth becomes baked and com- 

 \letely impenetrable to atmospheric influence, so essential to vegetable growth. To give water 



