OF TKA^JSPLANTING LARGE TREES. 3-17 



takiug care to interpose two or three folds of mat to 

 prevent the bark from being chafed. Seven or eight 

 workmen are then to draw the tree down on one 

 side, or a steady pulling horse may be employed, 

 whose power will have much greater effect. The 

 tree being pulled down so far, is to be held in that 

 position till a foot or more of earth be raised below 

 its roots on the opposite side. Being let go, it will 

 spring up until its roots come in contact with and 

 rest upon this bank. It is then to be pulled down on 

 the other side, and a bank of earth raised as before, 

 and so alternately, till its lowest roots be brought 

 to a level with the mouth of the pit, which, being 

 accomplished, it is ready for transportation. Be- 

 fore proceeding to describe that part of the busi- 

 ness, however, we must warn the reader, that if the 

 tree is not to be immediately removed after the 

 roots or part of them are laid bare, that is, if it be 

 to remain where it is but for a single night, a cover- 

 ing of the branches of the spruce or silver fir, with 

 a layer of turf above them, must be applied, to pre- 

 vent the bad effects of drought or of frost. Either 

 of these would do incalculable injury to the fibres in 

 a very short time ; and it is therefore of the great- 

 est importance that the caution now given be care- 

 fully attended to. 



