192 SUBURBAN GARDENS 
tamped under and against the ball of earth 
about their roots. This tamping should be 
very firmly done indeed, underneath and then 
gradually up and around the sides. Leave a 
depression just as in filling in about deciduous 
plants — in this instance it will be a ring, how- 
ever, instead of a saucer — into which pour 
water gently that it may leach down and com- 
plete the welding of earth particles together. 
Finally, fill this depression and spread a mulch 
of packing or of straw or litter over all the 
surface above the roots. This is to prevent 
scorching by the direct rays of the sun, as well 
as to conserve all the moisture possible — for 
evergreens generally are planted in August, 
when the sun is hot. 
Transplanting 
Of course all planting is transplanting, in 
one sense ; yet we ordinarily consider the speci- 
mens which are shipped to a place from a 
nursery as “ planted ” only, while local growth 
is regarded as “ transplanted.” Hence the 
opportunity which “ transplanting ” affords is 
my only one to say anything about the uproot- 
ing of a tree, shrub, or other specimen, al- 
though it is quite as essential an element of 
