Season and Weather. 



autumn or whiter planted trees frequently do; and if part 

 of the roots of a tree die, the tree very rarely thrives. 



46. There is, as to the seasons and weather, some differ- 

 ences, which arise from the difference in the sort of trees; 

 but these, wliere they are of importance, will be men- 

 tioned in the proper place. One general rule, however, is, 

 that trees should not be moved, and of course, not planted, 

 in time of frost. Frost dries the roots ; and, if they be- 

 come very dry, they die. However, here also something 

 depends on the sort of tree, and on the treatment at the 

 time of planting; and, I ought to add, that I have proved 

 by experience, that a little fi'ost will not Mil trees in their 

 removal, whether they be large or small. In 1805, wishing 

 to have a high screen at once, I bought, in a nursery at 

 Brompton, some trees from twelve to twenty feet high, and 

 carried them down to Botley. They were Limes, Planes, 

 and Sycamores. They ^vere put on an open wagon, not co- 

 vered with any thing ; I could not attend to the matter in 

 person ; they were treated as unceremoniously as any equal 

 number of faggots ever were ; it was in December ; a sharp 

 frost came on the first evening of the journey; the w^agon 

 stood out of doors all night at Farnham ; it reached Botley 

 the next night; it stood out all night again, the frost still 

 remaining; next day the trees were put on the ground, and 

 their roots were covered with straw : there the trees now 

 are, from forty to fifty feet high, and some of them, I ima- 

 gine, nearly as big round as my body. This is, however, 

 very adventurous work, and what no one ought to think of 

 imitating. These trees were planted against a wall, in a 

 very sheltered situation ; the ground, which was good and 

 moist in its nature, had been trenched four feet deep, and 

 had been well manured from top to bottom ; I pruned the 

 roots with the greatest care ; soaked them in water twelve 



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