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staiitly carrying forward the business in hand, and that 

 the whole never have to wait for what must be done, and 

 perhaps oftener than once, by only one or two individuals ; 

 such as adjusting the position of the tree, ascertaining the 

 depth of the root, disengaging the pole of the machine, 

 fixing or loosening the bracing-ropes, and the like, by 

 which means much time is often lost, and, of course, 

 unnecessary expense incurred. 



In respect to those difficult and important processes, 

 the securing of the tree against wind, and the ordering of 

 the roots, I sensibly feel the inadequacy of the foregoing 

 account of both. In order to be fully apprehended, they 

 should be seen in the hands of dexterous workmen, when 

 the efficiency of the one, and the beauty and nicety of 

 the other, would be fully appreciated. The description, 

 as attempted above, is necessarily long, and for that rea- 

 son it may seem to many both compHcated and tedious ; 

 but the processes themselves are as simple as they are 

 effective, as has been acknowledged by all who have ex- 

 r amined them at this place. 



Some of the chief advantages attendant on the pre- 

 servative system obviously result from this useful method 

 of securing, by a kind of cup -like embankment under 

 ground, the central mass or nucleus of the root, and render- 

 ing the tree steadfast and immovable in spite of the utmost 

 violence of the wind, from whatever quarter it may blow. 

 The consequence is that the roots, being of great length, and 

 consisting of innumerable and minute ramifications, instead 

 of being crowded and crammed up in the ordinary man- 

 ner, have as good and ample a range of pasturage on the 

 fine mould which has been prepared for them as they had 

 in their original situations, and in many cases a great deal 

 better. What is of most moment of all is, that, from the 

 singular steadfastness of the stem, they soon naturaUse 



