TWENTY-THREE 



VERGREENS in our 

 nursery are all root- 

 pruned. This removes 

 the long, brittle roots and 

 causes compact clusters 

 of fibrous rootlets to come in their places. 

 Evergreens: can, however, be moved 

 without this previous root-pruning, but 

 a: little larger ball and a little more 

 watering the first year is advisable. 



The flexible roots which extend 

 beyond the earth ball are bent 

 around against the damp earth. This 

 ball is carefully cut to fit a certain size 

 and taper of canvas selected for the 

 tree. These canvases are a very use- 

 ful part of the series of appliances which we have invented for moving evergreens. They must be 

 skillfully and tightly fitted, otherwise the ball of earth crumbles, cracks and falls to pieces. The 

 next operation is to get the chisel-edged platform under the ball. On our sandy subsoil there are 

 tap-roots on only a few fir trees. We have dozens of other methods and appliances essential to 

 economical and safe tree-moving. It is not possible in this brief booklet to illustrate and describe 

 them. Are not the inventors the best and cheapest for you to employ? 



Digging Colorado Blue Spruce m our nu;,.^;! v , : loie how tlic 

 small feeding roots ate saved by the picking bar and fork, and how 

 the loose dirt is shoveled out from below and the shovel does not 

 cut the roots. Would you not rather have trees skillfully handled and 

 the r oots scientifically proportioned to the top ? 



Moving the 



Large 



Evergreens 



I'he roots are bent around against the ball, 

 A root too stiff to bend is cut off and it sends 

 out a bunch of small feeding roots. For long 

 shipments a plaster of mud and moss can be put on. 



Cross-lashing on lop pulls the conical canvas up on 

 the conical ball and gets it very tight. Moving a Hemlock 

 hedge from our nursery. It was 30 feet high, 24 feet 

 spread and 50 feet long. 



Tree-mover No. 13, shovnng 

 method of swinging tree by two 

 screws 9 feet long. 



