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the nursery-roWj remove them to their ultimate des- 

 tination with as little fracture or exposure of root 

 as possible, — the larger rooted by pitting, and the 

 smaller by slitting, or as the nature of the soil may 

 require ; paying most particular attention to plant 

 the dry ground early after the leaf has dropped, 

 and the moister and more adhesive soils in succes- 

 sion, as they become so dry in spring as not to ad- 

 here to the tools in v^orking, or poach in treading 

 the plant firm in ; removing the evergreens earlier, 

 or later, in April, according to the dryness or moist- 

 ness of the ground; dipping the roots in a clay- 

 puddle, and endeavouring to seize the opportunity 

 of planting before a shower, should the spring be far 

 advanced and dry, especially in the more arid situa- 

 tions. 



Stout healthy seedlings, one or two years old, may 

 be at once removed from the seed-bed to their place 

 in the forest, and will often succeed as well as when 

 nursed in rows, as above.— -We have preferred 

 the pick of the seedlings to the common run of the 

 transplanted, as being probably stronger growing 

 varieties. 



In cases where it is practicable, work over the 

 new plantations for several years with crops of pota- 

 toes, turnips, lettuce, ^c., manuring the ground, if 



