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When Evergreen trees are out of the ground, the roots should be 
kept constantly moist and the tops dry until planted. In planting, the 
earth should be fitmly packed on the roots with loose soil on the sur- 
face, and mulched with some coaise litter immediately after planting. 
By the adoption of these simple precautions, our loss of plants in our 
annual transplanting of one to one and a half millions of plants is so 
trifling as not to be worth an estimate. 
On receipt of plants, if the ground is not in condition for imme- 
diate planting, the packages should be opened, and the roots of the 
plants puddled in a thin mud mortar, made of any good soil, and of 
the consistency of thick paint. Trenches should be opened in some 
soil where the water will not accumulate, in some cool, shady place. 
The plants should be spread out thinly, and fine earth sprinkled 
among and firmly packed on the roots. If the plants are procured in 
the fall, and the plants are to remain thus heeled-in until spring, the 
plants should be lightly covered with wild hay, after the ground has 
been frozen to the depth of two inches. This covering should not 
be removed until a few days before the commencement of planting, 
care being used not to take up the plants until the frost is entirely 
withdrawn from the roots. European Larch may be heeled-in in the 
same manner. In this instance, two thirds, or even all the bodies and 
tops of the Larch may be entirely covered with earth. When plant- 
ings we usually place a quantity of the plants in a bucket of water 
and take out a few ]>lants from time to time as they are wanted. If 
treated in this manner, there is no danger of loss, as the roots are thus 
kept constantly moist . Small sizes of Evergreens and Larch, if not 
protected in some manner, for one or two years after planting are apt 
to have the roots drawn out of the soil by the alternation of freezing 
and thawing. Mulch is a good preventative. When planted in nur- 
sery row, the earth should be drawn up to the plants in autumn with a 
hoe, or shovel plow. 
Number of Plants or Trees Required to Plant an Acre at a given 
Distance. 
DIST. APART. 
NO. OF PLANTS. 
DIST. APART. 
NO. OF PLANTS. 
1 by 1 foot 
43.560 
6 by 6 feet 
2 by 1 foot 
21,780 
6 by 5 feet 
1.452 
2 by 2 feet 
6 by 4 feet 
1,815 
3 by 1 foot 
<4.523 
6 by 3 feet 
3 by 2 feet 
6 by 2 feet 
3.630 
3 by 3 feet 
6 by I feet 
4- by I foot 
7 by 7 feet 
889 
4 by 2 feet 
5.442 
8 by 8 feet 
4 by 3 feet 
3.630 
10 by 10 feet 
435 
4 by 4 feet 
12 by 12 feet 
302 
5 by I feet 
15 by 15 feet 
<94 
5 by 2 feet 
4.356 
18 by 18 feet 
<35 
5 by 3 feet 
2,904 
20 by 20 feet 
<09 
5 by 4 feet 
25 by 25 feet 
69 
5 by 5 feet 
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