Removing Large Trees

When it is desirablo to move a largc trco, tlie depth of winter, when the ground is frozen, should ■ bo choscn for the operation. Not only deciduous trees, bnt any kind of evergreens, even hemlocks, tho most diffioult to remove, niay be safoly transplanted at this suason. It is obvious that tho timo to preparo for nch work ís before the grouittl becoiaes frozon. A treneh should bo dug around tho troe snfficiently distant from the tronk to lesve untouohed a large mass of the roots, and sufticiontly dooi) that thcy niay be undermined without being disturbed. It should then bo partly filled ujj with leavcs of coarse litter, irhicb. will preserve tho bottora from froozing. In February or March, when tho frost is most severo, the litter may bo taken out, tho treo couplctely uudorniincd, tmd Jac frozen mass of carth around the roots pried out of tho hole and placed on a stonc-boat. It may now be convoyed to its new home, which should havo been propared and protectcd from the frost. SatVWient eartb irosi tho surfaco, or from 8omc rieh spot, shö'lil havo boen placed in the bottoin of the holr, tho tree planted on this, and tho holo filled with simiInr bou. Whon the spi-iug arrivés, the taco will scttlo into its placo without further care, excopt perhaps a littlo faling up, and will bo improvcd ratker than injured.