The Oak. 



it will not make much of a shoot the first year ; and then 

 it ought to be planted out where it is to stand ; for if 

 planted out at a greater age, it will certainly he exposed 

 to the risk of not taking root until the top of the plant be 

 injured. 



449. As to the preparation of the ground for the final 

 plantation, it ought to be after the best possible manner ; 

 and the planting ought to be performed with extraordinary 

 care, the wind and sun being kept from the roots as com- 

 pletely as possible; and the planting ought to take place 

 early in the fall if it be convenient, or else in April, and the 

 roots ought to be grouted if the weather be warm. 



450. The Live Oak is never to be cut down, after the 

 manner of deciduous trees. It must remain entire, for, if 

 cut down, I much question if it would thi'ow up new shoots. 

 This circumstance points o\it the necessity of putting it 

 into plantations when still very small ; for, if large, the 

 removal would prevent the root from being able to supply 

 sap sufficiently for the first year. This does not so much 

 signify in deciduous trees, because, by cutting down, you 

 get a new plant when the root is arrived at a state sufficient 

 to push it up and maintain it in vigour ; but, as you cannot 

 cut down this Evergreen Oak, you must be careful that it 

 is never deprived of its due share of sap. 



451. A plantation of Live Oaks would be a most beautiful 

 thing, and valuable beyond all calculation. A knee, about 

 the size and form of one's leg and thigh, when one is sitting 

 in a chair with the heel at about a foot and a half from the 

 chair; I mean the leg and thigh of a good stout man, 

 however; such a knee would be equal in strength, and 

 indeed a great deal stronger, and a great deal less liable 



