THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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APRIL. 



PLANTING DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. 



The planting of all deciduous trees and shrubs should be 

 finished the first or second week in the month. In early sea- 

 sons, this operation should be finished in March, unless the 

 trees intended to be planted have been taken up and laid in 

 by the heels, which will check their gi'owth sufficiently to 

 warrant their being finally planted out at this time. 



PLANTING EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



This month and August are the two seasons in which 

 these shrubs are found generally to succeed best after plant- 

 ing. The reason assigned by planters why these seasons are 

 more suitable than any other is, that if they be planted early 

 in spring, or during winter, they lie dormant till this time, 

 and while in that state, their best and tenderest fibrous roots 

 are injured, and not unfrequently perish. They are also ex- 

 posed to injury while in the act of removal, by having their 

 tender roots injured by frost, or cold cutting winds, to which 

 their roots are more liable than those of deciduous trees or 

 shrubs. By planting them at this season, they are less liable 

 to these evils ; besides, at this time evergreens are begin- 

 ning to push out into shoots, which is always the most rea- 

 sonable time for transplanting any tree, although, as stated 

 above, deciduous trees are less sensibly affected by transplant- 

 ing than such as are evergreen. Add to this, that about the 

 end of April and the beginning of May, we have frequently 

 warm showers, which, to shrubs of this description, are ex- 

 tremely beneficial, and are always much better for vegetation 

 than water, however well it may be artificially applied. The 

 reasons assigned for planting in August or September arc, 

 that they have made their shoots, and, if carefully done, w ill 

 make fresh roots, and become tolerably established before 



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