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sary safeguard to prevent injury. As the tree is slowly lifted 

 by the windlasses the guy-ropes are loosened as needed. 

 The tree will pass obstructions, such as trees by the roadside, 

 but in doing so it is better to lean the tree backward. 



When the tree has arrived at its new place, the two timbers 



Fig. 24. 



are placed along the opposite edges of the hole so that the 

 hind wheels can be backed over the latter. The tree is then 

 lowered to the proper depth and made plumb by the guy- 

 ropes, and good mellow soil is thrown in and packed well 

 into all the cavities under the rolls. When the hole is half 

 filled, several barrels of water should be poured in ; this will 

 wash the soil into the cavities under the center of the tree. — 

 Edward Hicks, in -Rural New-Yorker ; */4g. 



Lawn-Mower Fixture. — (Fig. 25.) An English patented 

 device for adjusting the cylinders of lawn-mowers, by the 

 Messrs. Ransomes, of Ipswich. " A strong spring under the 



