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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



truss fixed on the center of the axle, is the least expen- 

 sive, and, at the same time, the most convenient 

 machine. As the trees, when placed on it, lie on 

 their side, a little management is required to preserve 

 the branches from being injured by trailing on the 

 ground. We have found the Janker sufficient for 

 ordinary purposes. The Elvaston machine is a more 

 expensive one, but is undoubtedly a more efficient aid 

 in transplantation ; the trees are moved with larger 

 and better balls, and the branches are preserved from 

 injury by the trunks being kept erect. 



Note. — The transplanting of trees more than four 

 inches in diameter at the base of the trunk or collar, . 

 without a large ball of earth adhering to the roots, is 

 of little use in our American climate. With the ball 

 of earth at the roots carefully taken up, and loaded 

 on to a sled or stone-boat, the operation may be suc- 

 cessfully performed, and the tree saved by mulching 

 with barn litter, sawdust, or tanbark. — Ed. 



When the tree is placed in its new site, it is most 

 important that it should be properly and securely 

 fixed. To accomplish this object, the earth should be 

 rammed in firmly below the ball, so as to give the 

 root a solid seat, and to prevent the roots from moving 

 when the upper part of the tree is acted' on by the 

 wind. The roots and fibers should then be carefully 

 laid out, and covered with fresh loam or enriched soil. 

 When the earth is made up nearly to the natural level 

 of the ground, three strong wooden pins, six or eight 

 inches in diameter, should be driven down to the same 

 level, near the outside of the hole, and forming a tri- 

 angle, with the tree in the center. To these pins are 

 to be nailed three strong slabs of wood, completing 



