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following rules are to be observed. In the end of 

 autumn trench the ground eighteen inches or two 

 feet deep, according as it is of a light or of a stiff 

 quality. During the progress of the trenching, if a 

 manuring of compost can be spared, let it be given 

 as the work proceeds. This, however, though it 

 should be done if possible, is not at this stage of the 

 business absolutely necessary. The ground having 

 received the benefit of the winter frost, after having 

 been dug, is in spring to be well dunged for a po- 

 tato crop, either with common animal manure, or, 

 what is better, peat- compost made with farm-yard 

 dung, and twice heated and turned. The produce 

 of the crop will, if the process be judiciously execu- 

 ted, more than cover the expense, so that the pre- 

 paration of ground for close plantations is more eco- 

 nomical than for groups or single trees. In autumn, 

 when the potatoes are removed, the ground is in rea- 

 diness to receive the trees. 



Preparation of the Trees for Removal. 



The requisites which every large tree should pos- 

 sess in order to fit it for removal, have been already 

 described. We are now to show more particularly, 

 where trees with these qualifications may be found, 



