General Instructions. 



hours; si/ted the mould into the holes about the roots; 

 pressed the mould about the roots with men's hands ; and, 

 finally, covered the top of the ground over witli short litter 

 from the stable, which I kept there throughout the whiter, 

 and laid on a fresh bed of it for the summer. With all 

 these pains, these trees are now just about the height of 

 some asli^ standing very uear them, the seed of which I 

 saved that very year ! If I had planted trees two feet high, 

 they would have hidden the w^all sooner and more effec- 

 tually, and would have been ten feet higher. 



47. In 1824, 1 took up many thousands of Locusts, on the 

 15th of March, in a field at Worth, in Sussex; they were 

 going into Wiltshire in a wagon ; the wagon (coming for 

 them) was stopped on the way by snov: ; the trees were 

 taken up on a dry frosty day ; they were tied up in bundles, 

 with withes, like faggots ; some fern w^as put into the bot- 

 tom of the wagon; nothing was put round the roots of the 

 trees; they made a large and high load, just like a load of 

 faggots ; the wagon was three days and nights on the jour- 

 ney back ; part of the trees were taken out, on the road, 

 and left to be taken into Berkshire : I understand that they 

 have all thriven exceedingly, and make very fine planta- 

 tions. But, wdiile I relate these things, 1 by no means 

 recommend this hazardous work ; for, though trees may be 

 able to stand it, when great care is taken about the planting, 

 and when the ground is very good, such treatment might 

 nearly kill them, under different circumstances. 



OF THE AGE AND SIZE OF THE PLANTS, AND OF PREPARING 

 THEIR ROOTS FOR PLANTING. 



48. Though I have, in paragraph 46, given an account 

 of what may fairly enough be called successful planting of 



