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CHAPTER IV. 
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0 /transplantation—What Advantages transplanted Trees derive from & 
certain Composition—And how they are secured against high Winds\ 
It is plain, from the circumstance, that nature renders those 
trees more vigorous which have not been removed, that one 
cannot be too careful to preserve the roots of such as are trails- „ 
planted. In taking them up one should dig in a direction pa¬ 
rallel to the roots, for by doing it crossways, or at right angles, 
one is in danger of mutilating them. When the roots have 
once been laid bare with the spade, a pitch-fork will be very 
Useful in disengaging them from the earth, without doing them 
any injury. 
One may conceive, from the analogy which exists between 
'trees and annual plants, that as transplantion accelerates the 
maturity of the latter, and makes them run up to seed sooner 
than they would have done otherwise, it will also haVe a be= 
neficial influence on the former, by making them produce fruit 
the sooner. This fact has beon confirmed by experience.* 
As to the pits, it is proper that they should be dug for some 
months before planting, and that they should be sufficiently 
large to give room to the roots to spread thamselves. The 
earth of the surface must be set apart, so that it may be put 
back in its place whenever it will be necessary. In all level 
grounds the tree should not be planted deeper than it was in 
the nursery, or not even so deep, considering that the ground 
will afterwards sink in. The roots being deprived of the be¬ 
neficial effects of the atmosphere, by having been planted too 
* Having some cauliflowers which had been sown thick in my garden, 
I had them thinned, so as to leave the remaining ones at about two feet 
from each other, and I had then those which had been pulled up planted 
in rows. These were fit to cut for some weeks before the former, which 
had not been moved, notwithstanding they were taken care of, and enjoyed 
(She saijje advantages of manure* soil, and exposure. 
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