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ately after the trees are removed; if bright sunny weather should be ex¬ 
perienced, and the trees retained much of their foliage, the fluids con¬ 
tained in the wood might be exhausted and the foliage destroyed, before 
new roots were formed. In the last fall we had much dry, bright wea¬ 
ther, no rain of any consequence throughout October, so that I did not 
consider it advisable to remove some trees while any leaves were on them, 
merely from one part of my land to another; nor do I consider it safe or 
advisable to remove trees with leaves on them if the distance from the 
nursery is much more than a day’s journey. Mild, cloudy moist weather 
should always be selected for planting, if possible. Leaves perform their 
functions by the aid of diffused light, or in cloudy weather, as well as in 
bright sunshine; they are not, indeed, capable of doing the same amount 
of work, but in cloudy weather, and with a damp atmosphere there is 
less evaporation from the leaves, and roots do not dry so quickly when 
exposed to the air. The surface of roots should never be suffered to be¬ 
come dry. When removing from one part of a garden to another, no more 
plants should be lifted at once than can be planted while the roots con¬ 
tinue moist; and when transplanting from a distant nursery, they should 
be coated with puddle and further protected with moss and matting. 
Success in planting depends also in a great measure on the care ob¬ 
served in performing the operation. The roots should be mutilated as 
little as possible. A space should be dug wide enough to allow them to 
be spread horizontally. This is seldom attended to as it ought; many 
seem never to consider that a plant is a living being, requiring food, 
or if such thought occurs to them, they must conclude that it is a matter 
of little amount how the roots are disposed of, so that they are buried in 
the soil. The quantity and quality of the fruit produced in after years, 
will be influenced to some extent by the position of the roots, by the 
mode in which they are distributed through the soil. . During the grow¬ 
ing season, there is more or less constant motion of the fluids in a soil: 
downwards when much rain falls, and upwards when dry weather pre¬ 
vails, to supply evaporation. By this means food is presented to the 
roots, and it is obvious that a plant must work at greater advantage 
whose roots extend horizontally six feet, as compared with one whose 
roots do not extend over more than half that distance. If we tether an 
animal, as a calf, to a stake in a pasture, the food can only be available 
within the length of its tether; but extend the tether a little, and by the 
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