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of roots ; and at these times, if the weather is such as 

 to prevent excess of evaporation, the transplantation may- 

 be completely successful. 



In the colder districts there are sometimes protracted 

 frosts, lasting perhaps from December to March, during 

 which the air becomes extremely dry, and if it is set in 

 motion by northerly or easterly winds its effect is rapidly 

 destructive to all evergreens, though long established, if 

 less hardy than the hoUy or yew. By such a wind even 

 "the i^'y never sere^^ is changed into a russet-brown. 

 We cannot wonder, then, that an arbutus or a sweet bay 

 should wither visibly before it ; and it wiU at once be 

 perceived that weather which thus goes far to destroy 

 established evergreens must be absolutely pernicious to 

 those enfeebled by recent planting. The remark will 

 suggest the consideration of shelter for evergreens in 

 connection with the proper season for their removal. 



Dr. Lindley concludes an able article on the trans- 

 planting of shrubs by saying, that " Upon the whole, 

 September, October, and November should be preferred 

 — one being better in one year and one in another. We 

 shall only add, that a ground temperature of forty-seven 

 degrees, which may be taken as that of thoroughly 

 drained land near London, in November is sufficiently 

 high for plants to form their roots in.^' {Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, January 6th, 1849.) 



Referring to our own experience, we have had ever- 

 green shrubs successfully transplanted from the middle 

 of July to the middle of April, but only in small quan- 

 tities in the months of July, March, and April. We 

 believe that September, October, and November form 

 the most suitable seasons in the middle districts of the 

 island — allowing perhaps a fortnight earher for the 



