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and forcible manner, a safe and practicable process, 

 by which grown trees may be removed to any de- 

 sired situation at a moderate expense, in cases where 

 a proprietor has proper subjects of his own, or can 

 obtain them at a short distance from the spots in 

 which he wishes them placed. It is the design of 

 this chapter to give an account of this method as 

 briefly as is consistent with perspicuity, the reader 

 being referred for more ample details, and, in gene- 

 ral, for the scientific principles on which this me- 

 thod is founded, to Sir Henry's own work on the 

 subject, intituled " The Planter's Guide, or a Prac- 

 tical Essay on the best method of giving immediate 

 Effect to Wood." 



The practical directions are delivered according 

 to the following arrangement, viz. : — 1. Selection 

 of subjects for removal. 2. Preparation of the soil 

 for their reception. 3. Preparation of the trees them- 

 selves previous to removal. 4. Taking up and 

 transportation of the trees. 5. Planting of the 

 trees in their new situations. 6. After-manage- 

 ment. 



Selection of Subjects. 



In order that large trees may have a due chance 

 of success when removed, it is necessary that they 



