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iiig of mould is half finished. The remainder of 

 the earth being filled in, taking care to put in the 

 greensward first, if there be any, and regularly 

 hand-laying it in such a way as is most effectual to 

 retain moisture, another plentiful watering is to be 

 given; and, after allowing the whole a day to subside, 

 it should receive a complete decalcation or treading 

 of the surface. This concludes the whole opera- 

 tion. 



From the effectual securing of the nucleus of the 

 root according to this method, no prop or support 

 of any kind need to be applied, in order to give the 

 tree stability against the force of wind. " I never," 

 says Sir Henry Steuart, " prop or support a tree 

 after removal ; yet not one has been blown down in 

 this park in the course of thirty years : And, as to 

 deaths, one in from forty to forty-five, being the 

 average number, contingency may, in some sort, be 

 said to be excluded from an art which has in all 

 ages been proverbially unsuccessful and fortuitous." 



Treatment of the Trees subsequently to Re- 

 moval. 



From all large trees newly removed, it is of the 



utmost importance that drought be excluded. It 



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