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expense, besides staking and tying, wliicli plants with 

 the ball of earth do not need. The growth of trees 

 transplanted with ' the tree-lifter ' is not checked ; but 

 without a ball of earth, trees transplanted, with what- 

 ever 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. 



In fact, trees transplanted by ' the tree-lifter ' are 

 very much in the same situation as those prepared for 

 transplanting, as it is called, in the old-fashioned way, 

 by cutting a trench round them. This method was 

 originated in the time of Charles II., by Lord Fitz- 

 Harding, as Evelyn tells us. But the trees trans- 

 planted by ' the tree-lifter ' gain the great advantage 

 of making their new roots in the ground where they 

 are to remain for ever, and escape the injuries of a 

 subsequent removal. 



The best months for transplanting the generality of 

 English trees, with the ball of earth, are July, August, 

 and September. 



Over the nursery plant, as a single tree, the trans- 

 planted tree has the advantage of a start of from 

 twenty-five to thirty years, besides saving the expense 

 of the material, and carpenter's work, for at least two 

 fences for each tree. 



The system recommended would have peculiar 

 advantages for planting or for keeping up avenues. 



