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and delicate in close plantations, but with short stem 

 balanced all round with numerous compact branches, 

 and well and regularly rooted, such as occm- in open 

 situation on level surface. If you have not trees 

 possessing these pi^erequisites ready at hand Go 

 prepare them. Thin out your young woods to double 

 and triple distance, according as you intend to trans- 

 fer them to sheltered or exposed situations ; cut the 

 roots of these trees, and trench around them at a 

 few feet distant from the bulb, or lay down rich com- 

 post mould around them, to encourage exuberance 

 of rooting, and in eight or ten years you will have 

 fit subjects for removal ! 



2d, Prepare the site a year previous, by trenching 

 and manuring with compost, carefully mixing and 

 blending the v/hole (the upper and lower earth of 

 the soil and compost), and adding moidd when the 

 soil is shallow ; attending to thicken and mix clay 

 soil with sandy mould, and sand soil wi\h clayey 

 mould, also guarding against lodgment of Vv^ater. 

 Recent farm -yard dung, peat-moss, and quick-lime, 

 when well com.pounded together, make an excellent 

 compost nianm-e. 



Sd, Commence extricating your trees by opening 

 a deep trench at the extremities of the roots, mider- 

 mining a little inward, and gradually severing the 



