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ball of earth, with " the tree-Hfter," I 

 have transplanted trees of about twenty- 

 five feet in height in every month in the 

 year, without a single failure, and with- 

 out the plant feeling its removal so much 

 as a greenhouse plant does potting, that 

 is, without a single leaf drooping, even in 

 the hottest days of June, July, and August, 

 though the plant was unwatered, and 

 with the same growth on the tree, in the 

 next and following years, as on those in 

 the plantation from which it was taken. 



I consider, however, that the worst time 

 to transplant a tree is when it is shooting ; 

 the best time as soon as possible after it 

 has shot ; that is, as soon as it has formed 

 its winter bud. This will differ in dijfferent 

 trees. Some are fit to transplant in June, 

 or even in May. The best months for 

 transplanting the generality of English 

 trees with the ball of earthy are July, 

 August, and September ; for though the 



