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TRANSPLANTING LARGE TREES. 



from crumbling away, and also to protect the small roots 

 from the inclemencies of the weather. 



The removal of the tree is then commenced in the follow- 

 ing manner : — Two stout thick planks, strong enough to sup- 

 port the cart with the tree slung in it, and a little longer than 



the entire excava- 

 tion, and having 

 iron plates about 

 two inches higher 

 than the surface 

 bolted on each side 

 so as to prevent 

 the wheels from 

 slipping off, are 

 placed parallel to 

 each other across 

 the excavation with 

 the exact width 

 existing between 

 the wheels. The 

 moveable bars at 

 the back of the 

 cart are then re- 

 moved, and the 

 cart is backed into 

 the ways until the 

 trunk of the tree is 

 exactly in the cen- 

 tre of the frame. 

 The moveable bars 

 are then put in 

 their place again so 

 as to strengthen 

 the back of the wheels, which do not run on an axletree, but 

 are fitted in wrought-iron frames hanging from the upper 

 part of the cart, as shown in the woodcut. The chains at- 

 tached to the rollers on each side of the cart are now lowered 

 and passed under the planks before described, which are 

 placed under the earth-ball. When all is fast, four workmen 



Tree-lifting Machine : back view. 



