CHAPTER XI 
General Culture 
PLANTING 
A LTHOUGH anyone may bury the root 
end of a shrub or tree or any kind of 
vegetable under a mass of earth and do 
it thoroughly and completely, the operation of 
restoring to its native element vegetation which 
has been uprooted is not by any means success- 
fully accomplished with such interment. Roots 
must not only be covered — they must actually 
be restored, as far as possible, to just the posi- 
tions which they originally occupied; to the 
same depth in the soil and to the same perfect 
contact with it. 
Perhaps it would express the truth more 
vividly if I were to say rootlets instead of 
roots, for it is the rootlets that are of the great- 
est importance. Take care of these and the 
roots will take care of themselves — almost. 
For every tiny, hair-like root filament is a 
