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THE planter's guide. 



3 feet 4 inches long, 9 inches broad, and 2 inches thick. 

 The third stage is movable at pleasure, and the machine 

 is used either with or without it, according to the style 

 of the subjects and of the work. On whichever stage 

 happens to be uppermost there is fixed a bolstering of 

 double mat, filled with hay or straw, 6 inches thick, so 

 that no injury can be sustained by the bark of the stem. 



The blocks between the stages are 9 inches long, 2J 

 inches broad, and 4J inches deep. The end of the upper 

 stay, as it rests on the first stage, shows itself in the end 

 view (fig. 3.), like a block in that situation ; and the 

 end of the pole has the same appearance from the same 

 point, as resting on the axle -bed. Wherever it can be 

 done, the bolts used for all of the above purposes are 

 sliown in the diagram. 



SMALL-SIZED WHEELS. 



These wheels are 5 feet high, made of the best materials, 

 nearly upright, and the dishing only 1 inch. 



The naves are 10 inches long, exclusively of the nave- 

 bands, and lOJ inches thick. The spokes are 2^ inches 

 broad, and li inch thick ; the fellies 4 inches broad, 

 and 11 inch thick • the iron rims i inch thick. As to a 

 third wheel, it cannot be necessary for a machine of the 

 small size, nor for such trees as are removed by it. 



The weight of this machine, with its wheels, is about 

 51 cwt. avoirdupois. 



The above machine, it will be perceived, is far less 

 weighty than the foregoing. It is capable of removing 

 subjects of from eighteen to about eight-and-twenty feet 

 high, and of proportional girth ; and, in fact, a good part 

 of my transplanted trees have been removed by means of 

 this light and efficient implement. 



