THE TEEE-LIFTEE. 



PART 1. 



PEACTICAL PART OF TRANSPLANTING. 



J ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM. 



Among tlie advantages of transplanting with ' the tree- 

 lifter ' may be reckoned its cheapness. Its simplicity 

 is such that the whole may be performed, and even 

 single-handed, by a common day labourer. One man 

 may plant one tree per day, of from twenty-five to 

 thirty feet in height. To transplant trees without the 

 ball of earth requires great skill, care, labour, and 

 expense in tracing out the small fibres of the roots, 

 whose extreme points, with their supposed spongioles, 

 could by no delicacy of operation be retained, and 

 which after all are nearly valueless. All transplanted 

 trees are the better for being watered ; but with the 

 ball of earth this is by no means necessary. To trans- 

 plant without the ball of earth, and not to water, for 

 at least two summers, is hopeless. This is a great 



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