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which is always attended to with respect to the trees 

 sent from this Garden, as the roots are invariably kept 

 moist fromiithe time they are h?ken up until they are 

 packed ready to be shipped. Their success, therefore, 

 must depend principally on the subsequent management 

 on their arrival at the place of destination, for if. when 

 the bundles are unpacked, the trees are carelessly left 

 exposed to drying winds, the young fibres of the roots 

 must perish, and the trees, if they live at all. cannot 

 thrive the first season, as they can receive little or no 

 nourishment until those fibres are replaced, 



Manner of Planting. 



Let the holes be dug somewhat larger than is suffi- 

 cient to admit the roots in their natural position, and of 

 sufficient depth to allow the tree to be placed two or 

 three inches deeper than it was before transplanting — 

 take care to cut off any wounded parts of the root, and 

 to reduce the top full one third, by shortening the 

 branches or thinning them out. Let from two to four 

 shovels full of well rotted stable manure, in proportion 

 to the size of the tree, be incorporated with the earth, 

 and the whole made fine previous to filling it in ; and 

 during the operation of filling in the earth, let the tree 

 be several times shaken, in order that the soil may be 

 admitted among the finer roots, and when completely 

 filled up, let the ground be well trodden down, and 

 finish by making a hollow or basin around the tree, to 

 catch the rain and convey it to the roots, or to receive 

 the watering which it will be necessary to give it should 

 the season prove dry. 



To cause the Trees to thrive. 



The ground where they are planted must be kept 

 cultivated — young trees will not thrive if the grass is 

 permitted to form a sod around them, and if it should be 

 necessary to plant them in grass ground, care must be 

 taken to keep the earth mellow and free from grass f<pr 



