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thing' as conventionalizing nature in this 
instance. Shrubbery must be planted just 
as nature would do it herself. 
The actual operation of planting a shrub 
is of course just the same as planting any¬ 
thing else, except that a shrub is larger 
than the things commonly handled, espec¬ 
ially by the garden beginner. Holes must 
always be dug as large as the full spread of 
the roots; and deep enough to let the speci¬ 
men go into the ground to just the depth 
at which it has always grown — no more, 
no less. Always aim to restore it exactly 
to the position which it originally occupied, 
to spread its roots in just the same way, 
and to bring each little rootlet into con¬ 
tact with the soil just as it was when it 
rested where it had worked its own way 
among the earth particles. 
This for an ideal, literally, will do more 
to make it clear just how a thing should 
be planted than pages of directions could. 
Roots may be compressed by the packing 
to which they have been subjected when 
shipped, but this compression is easily 
overcome by soaking them awhile in water. 
Drain thoroughly after such soaking be¬ 
fore planting, so that the tiny hairlike 
roots may separate and take their proper 
positions without being weighted with 
water; and so the earth will not cake 
around these and inclose them in a clay 
prison where they cannot find food or 
water. 
If the soil in the bottom of the hole 
wherein a shrub or any plant is to be set, 
is loosened and worked over and then 
mounded to meet the downward thrust of 
the roots as they leave the trunk of the 
plant, the restoration is likely to be facil¬ 
itated greatly. Set the plant upon this 
mounded cushion of earth and shake it up 
and down as the earth is poured in and 
around over its roots, and thus work it 
easily into the ground. Tamp the loose 
earth down at the same time with a 
rounded stick like the top of a broom han¬ 
dle, reaching into every crevice and little 
obscure pocket, and hammering sidewise 
as well as down. The roots are to be 
brought into as close contact with soil 
particles remember, as they enjoyed when 
they pushed their way through between 
these particles; and this is pretty close. 
Moreover, every littlest rootlet should be 
thus restored, and each is rather more im¬ 
portant than the large and woodv root 
from which it springs. So do not neglect 
these tiny hairlike growths, and do not 
allow them to be caught in pockets where 
they cannot reach the earth on any side. 
In order to do all of this properly, the 
ground should not be very wet when plant¬ 
ing is undertaken. A dry earth is far bet¬ 
ter to work in than a wet one; indeed, it 
is impossible to do anything unless the 
moisture is fairly well out of the soil. So 
if material arrives in wet weather from 
the nursery, heel it in temporarily by dig¬ 
ging a trench, sloping on one side, laying 
the plants along with their roots in this, 
and throwing earth over these roots so 
that they will not dry out. Dormant plants 
may be kept perfectly well this way for a 
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