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in full leaf, and in the months of June, July, 
and August.” The tree transplanted in 1846 
is growing well at the present writing (1853), 
and has grown well in all the intervening years. 
I consider, however, that the worst time to 
transplant a tree is when it is shooting: the 
best time, as soon as possible after it has shot; 
that is, as soon as it has formed its winter-bud. 
This will differ in different trees. Some are fit 
to transplant in June, or even in May. The 
best months for transplanting the generality of 
English trees with the ball of earth, are July, 
August, and September ; for, though the upward 
growth has then ceased, the growth in girthing, 
and the downward growth, that is, the elonga¬ 
tion of the roots, are in the fullest tide. 
From observation of the growth of the root 
in potted plants, and also of the seedlings of 
trees grown in water (one of which I have in its 
seventh year’s growth, 1844), I am satisfied that 
the great downward growth of the root takes 
place immediately after the great upward growth 
of the head; that is, at the end of summer, 
during the autumn and in early winter: and 
that the wounds of the roots of trees, trans¬ 
planted immediately after they have made their 
upward shoot, begin to heal or cicatrise, or, as 
