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Transplanting In June And July

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Day
16
Month
June
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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It is not easy to do all the work plauued out in overy ga?den within tbo fcliort planting soason of Spring. Wet weather, and othor unfoieaeen circumntances, frcquently delay things ; that, work ns ouü will, the times goos by before we aro huif dono. Wtth a little care, many things may bo very snocopsfully trausplanted in Juno and July, and a soason of grówth thns bo saved to us. How to do thissuccessfuHy, we proposo to show iu this artiolu. Imprimís, as tho old booka used to say, tho roots must be carofully pre.-■wvcii fioLii drying. Supppse it is, for ifistant , a hcdgo of Aborvitaa or Norway spruce to be plantad. As fast as they are dug up they should be packed on tho wagon re&dj to bo hauled away, and nrranged in sooh manner tbat the T i,he one proleet the roots of the other. For plauts under iour feet high, it is not noocssary to have a ball of earth with the roots, if as we before fiaid, care bo taken to keep the small libras from drying. This is tho chief iise of a ball of earth ia any case ; and for moderate-Mzed trees, vvhere extra care is neeessary, tbere is no doubt that to have a ball of earth saved with tho tree, is one of the most perfect ways of keeping young roots fresh ; for laborera, however well iutentioned, can very seldom bo mudo to uu derstand tho injury to the jonng fibres of a very few minutos' exposure. Iiaving the plauts packod and securod fi-om dryiag, on the wagoD, and drawn to the place for transplanting, prepare a large bueket or tub of water, that will hold about half a dozen at a time, into wbioh dip about tbat nuraber ;, keep this tub near the workraan as he advancos. Lift the planta from the tub to the spot pri'pared for them, and let another nian cover at once, While one man is oovering, let another, with a paving rammcr about two inches in diameter, punch the earth in solidiíy about tho roots, and there will be very little danger of losse?. We have seen bundreds planted in this vvay up to tho middle of July without a death - after that, indeed, they are often done, but not with as great suoeess as before that time. Many evergreens, to bo moved in this ay at this time, will havo their dw growth pu-hed out perhaps ais. inohes or a foot in lungth. Cut all these youngpoini.8 ofï, down to near where they push from. They will make mauy new buds it the base, wh-ieh would not be but for the pruning, and will really be handsomer trees than if they had never bien touched, Deciduous treos may be moved up to July as successfullv as evergreens. The same care must be taken to keep tbo roots an instant from drying; and all the young growth must be cut off, ío vvithin a íew inches from where it etarteo!. The soil must be rammed in fkuily about the roots, as in the case of evergreens - aud they sucoeed as surely and at' well, Thia pls.ii or'inoving trees at this season i.o net adapted to the commercial way of sendLcg thein long distances in casóa ; but to any one wanting to move theni from oue part of hie grounds to anot'aor, or to any one liying within driviag distanco from a good nursery, there will be found many advantages in the kuowledge that planting can thus so lata be Oie üptïripu JNU&

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