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sarj. To transplant without the ball of 



earthj and not to water, for at least two 

 summers, is hopeless. This is a great 

 expense, besides staking, and tying, 

 which plants with the ball of earth do 

 not need. The growth of trees trans- 

 planted with a ball of earth is not checked ; 

 but without a ball of earth, trees trans- 

 planted with whatever care, or at whatever 

 expense, are checked in their growth for 

 eight or ten years, and if they do not die, 

 they become living scarecrows. 



Over the nursery plant, as a single 

 tree, the transplanted tree has the advan- 

 tage of a start of from twenty-five to 

 thirty years, besides saving the expense 

 of the material, and carpenters work, for 

 at least two fences for each tree. 



The system recommended would have 

 peculiar advantages for planting avenues^ 



