174: PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



lawns and in the park, or in making up masses of 

 wood, to shut out disagreeable views or unsightly 

 objects. As, in such operations, immediate effect is 

 the principal object aimed at, it is a matter of the 

 utmost importance that the work of transplantation 

 should be performed with such care and success that 

 the trees should not only live, but also recover their 

 vigorous growth and healthy appearance, within two 

 or three years after their removal. This, with trees 

 from twenty to forty feet high, is usually a result of 

 somewhat difficult attainment. The most propitious 

 season for transplanting deciduous trees we have 

 found to be in September*, while the foliage was still 

 green, but the young wood firm and ripening off 

 Young rootlets are almost sure to be formed befo 1 e 

 winter, through which the tree receives an imn e- 

 diate supply of sap in spring; while later- planted 

 trees often continue withering in the wind till roots 

 are put forth in the beginning of summer. Proper 

 subjects for transplanting should be selected ; the best 

 are found growing, if not in exposed, at least in well- 

 aired localities ; such as on the outsides of plantations, 

 with branches tolerably well-balanced, and having a 

 copious supply of roots. Trees from these situations, 

 and with these qualities, are more hardy and better 

 able than any others to stand the increased exposure 

 arising from their being planted as single trees, or in 

 thin groups. If trees can not be obtained, as above 

 recommended, recourse must be had to the interior of 

 plantations ; but they should be prepared, by thinning 

 and the consequent exposure, before they are removed. 



* Not in the United States ; October and November are better months for autumn, 

 and March and April for spring planting. — Ed. 



