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Show MOVING LARGE TREES Impossible to Exercise Too Much Care in Transplanting. Tramping of Earth Around Roots Ib One of Most Important Features-Early Features-Early Spring Is Best Tlmo Where tho Soil Is Wet Tho transplanting of a tree, whether It bo Btnall or large, usually checks Its growth, and while this check is not always detrimental, yet it usually, reduces tho total growth for tho succeeding suc-ceeding two or thrco jcars. This general gen-eral check Is caused by tho loss of roots which takes place In digging tho troes. It mattcra llttlo how carefully a treo may bo dug, it will suffer a Bevoro Iobs of roots and In many cubch from ono-half to three-fourths of its entire root system, and practically all of Us feeding roots will bo lost. It iQ ImpoBslblo to oxorclso too much caro A Convenient Method of Moving Largo Trees. In tho digging and transplanting of trees, nnd especially in dry sovoro climates. Tho tlmo or season of tho year for transplanting deciduous trcos 1b governed gov-erned by tho development of tho treo, tho condition of tho soil, nnd, tho weather that Ib apt to follow transplanting. trans-planting. Many troes may bo successfully success-fully transplanted at any tlmo during tholr dormant or leafless period, whllo others requlro that transplanting transplant-ing bo dono at certain seasons of the year. If tho trees aro fully matured, tho soil moist, not wot, and tho win-tors win-tors not too sovoro, ono may fcol Bafo in fall planting. If tho soil is wet and poorly prepared and the trcos nro not well ripened off, it is safer to plant in early Bprlng. DeclduouB trcoB should bo planted from ono to two inchcB deeper than thoy grow in tho nursery. Thoroughly pulvorlzed moist earth should bo workod In among the roots, until tho holo Ib about half full, nnd then this earth should bo tamped until it is solid. Thgtvamplng of earth around thojrooli'of tho treo is ono of tho inosUfTmportnnt features of transplanting wree. Water muflp'tAuappltcd to the hole, "eTOiffteu.Say Uforo-TW!VrfMra plnntod or after tho holo is half full of earth, but if tho soil Ib rnolst It is usually best not to uso any water. Tho upper half of tho soil that Ib filled into tho holo may bo left looso or lightly tamped, and tho surface loft looso and finely pulverized. This will sorvo as a mulch as well as take up any water that may fall on the surfaco. Evergreen trees aro moro difficult to transplant successfully than deciduous decid-uous trees, but If tho proper tlmo be selected, tho trcos properly handled whllo they aro out of tho ground, tho mnnnor of planting bo not too faulty, and tho caro thoy recelvo after transplanting trans-planting bo rcasonablo, ono may usually usu-ally expect Buccess. With tho proper caro, an evergreon treo may bo transplanted trans-planted any month during the year. Probably tho most favorable tlmo for transplanting overgreon is in tho spring. Trees transplanted Just after thoy havo Btartcd Into growth, start at onco to grow nnd in many cases Tho Proper Way to Dig a Large Tree for Transplanting. do not recelvo a pcrcoptlblo shock. Fall planting has boon successfully used In many localities, and whero all conditions aro favorabio, it Is a safo venture Largo deep holes with plenty of moist earth in tho bottom should bo piovldcd for any treo. During transplanting, trans-planting, tho roots muBt nover became dried elthor by tho wlud or from tho sun. Another very important phaso In tree-transplanting is to mako the soil very, very firm around Its roots. If tho soil Is well prepared and in proper condition, it is Impossible to mako It too ilrm. Moro nowly transplanted trans-planted ovorgreens dlo on account of tho planter falling to mako tho soil firm about tho roots than from any other single causo. This is tho only safo way to uxcludo 'tho air from tho roots, and unless this is dono, failuro (s Buro to follow. |