By Sir Charles Miles Lambert Monck, Bart. 297 



bandage is discovered and repaired. Besides I have ob- 

 served, upon taking up some young trees, which upon a 

 former transplantation in the Nursery had been staked, that, 

 the part of the stakes sunk in the ground had, in their 

 course of decay, produced a mouldiness in the soil about 

 them, and the trees had refused to strike fresh roots in that 

 direction ; or if, they had struck any, the mouldiness in the 

 soil had caused them to decay. 



The best trees, to plant out, are certainly those, whose roots 

 and heads have been properly trained by pruning and cultiva- 

 tion in a nursery : Such may be planted out at greater ages 

 and sizes than trees taken from plantations of a few years 

 growth, and will both strike fresh root more certainly, and 

 grow faster : But, these last may be taken up, when from ten 

 to twenty or twenty five feet high and planted out with full 

 success; provided the three following particulars are ob- 

 served : First, to get up as much root as possible : Next, to 

 reduce the branches down to due proportion with the root, 

 which has been got up. This very important particular in 

 the operation was suggested to me by my neighbour and 

 friend, the Rev. John Saville Ogle of Kirkley : A great 

 part of the roots is unavoidably lost in the taking up of the 

 tree, and it is the most efficient part, being the extreme 

 fibres : The root has thus lost its natural proportion to the 

 head, and is now insufficient to supply it with moisture. Trees 

 planted out in this state, often, after having put forth their 

 leaves, die suddenly : And others, which continue to live, will 

 fall into a languid state, and die off gradually, or, recover 

 their vigour very slowly. Thirdly, in planting the trees 

 afresh, care must be taken to spread all the roots evenly, 



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