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THE FOOD OF TREES IS IMBIBED 



PT. II» 



PART IL 



THEORY OF TRANSPLANTING, OR PHYSIOLOGY OF 

 TREES IN REFERENCE TO TRANSPLANTING. 



CHAPTEE I. 



THE FOOD OF TREES IS IMBIBED BY THE SURFACE 

 OF THE ROOTS. 



Proportion The siipply tniist be equal to the demand ; if not, 

 a trans- scarcitv will ensue. He who expects that a diminished 



planted ... 



^toot^^^^^ root will support an undiminished head will be dis- 

 appointed. This is the fimdamental principle of 

 transplanting. And in transplanting, the head must 

 be curtailed exactly in proportion as you have to cur- 

 tail the root. 



Prefatory Bcforc entering on physiology, I would say one 

 entering on word to dcfcud mysclf from the charge of egotism and 



physiology 



of trees. plagiarism. When I mention Sir Humphry Davy, I 

 may say that immortal names are among those who 

 have written on the physiology of trees. Yet so much 

 doubt and difference prevail among the authors on the 

 subject, that one cannot adopt a single opinion without 

 opposing many, held by minds, perhaps, as clear and 



