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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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«ummit of Roraima. In his account of the botanical collections which 
he made during that expedition (Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, ii. 2C3), he 
mentions Heliamphora as growing ‘ in wide spreading very dense tufts 
in the very wettest places, where the grass happens not to be long. The 
red-veined pitchers, its delicate white flowers raised high on red-tinted 
stems, its sturdy habit of growth, make it a pretty little picture wher- 
comfortable position to an exposed one where a stonewall would hardly 
be weather-proof, yet I know of a very handsome pair of Araucaria 
imbricata that have been transplanted and doing well up in the Derby¬ 
shire hills, and I would rather risk this than see fine specimens cut and 
mutilated into disfigurement because they have overgrown the positions 
they were originally intended to fill instead of being removed to more 
roomy quarters. But the question may arise as to how these ponderous 
Fig. 22.—tree-moving MACHINE. 
ever it grows. But it attains its full size and best development, not 
down in the swamp, but up on the ledges of the cliff of Roraima, and 
even on the top (about 8000 feet).’” The pitchers, which are exactly 
dike leaves with the outer edges folded in and connected, are green on 
the outer surface, with reddish spots and markings, the inner surface 
being reddish brown. 
TRANSPLANTING LARGE TREES. 
A FEW large trees and shrubs are indispensable in making a new or 
altering an old place. An astonishing effect can be produced with them 
that could not otherwise be produced in a lifetime. They not only add 
antiquity to the scenery, but comfort to the surroundings. Unsightly 
objects can be quickly and effectively hidden with a screen of large 
trees, thus transferring the objectionable into the beautiful. Although 
I do not advocate the practice of taking a delicate tree from a sheltered 
living giants are to be successfully shifted. There are many con¬ 
trivances intended for the above purpose, but I know none so good 
as the simple machine invented by Mr. Barron of Elvaston, fig. 22. 
This was first used here about the year 1830, and has been in constant 
use ever since with the greatest success. The inventor of it writes :— 
“ In the year 1831 I transplanted a Cedar of Lebanon 43 feet high and 
48 feet in diameter of branches. The stem of this Cedar, which at that 
time was 2 feet in diameter, is now more than 10 feet in circum¬ 
ference and a picture of health and vigour. A tree 72 feet high was 
moved more than two miles in an upright position. Yews from six to 
eight hundred years old have been successfully moved long distances. 
Oaks and Larches from 40 to 60 feet high have been moved in the 
middle of summer without losing a leaf. Large Spruce and Silver Firs 
on the limestone formation have made shoots 18 inches in length the 
second year after removal.” 
It may not be out of place to mention here a famous old Yew near 
Dover that was successfully moved a few years ago by this veteran tree 
