. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . Fir. IS -A GINERAL VIEW OF THE MACHINE, WITH A TREEIN COURSE OF TRANSIT. digging a suitable trench aiound it, and leavingsufficient soil to form a good ball round the roots,is undermined to enable two stout boards to be and windlasses, and is suspended in the centreof the vehicle. It can now be carted to anydetired position in the grounds. The operation. Fig. 122.—tree being lowered for replanting. placed beneath it. Next, boards on either side ofthese centre ones are placed in position, whichcomple
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . Fir. IS -A GINERAL VIEW OF THE MACHINE, WITH A TREEIN COURSE OF TRANSIT. digging a suitable trench aiound it, and leavingsufficient soil to form a good ball round the roots,is undermined to enable two stout boards to be and windlasses, and is suspended in the centreof the vehicle. It can now be carted to anydetired position in the grounds. The operation. Fig. 122.—tree being lowered for replanting. placed beneath it. Next, boards on either side ofthese centre ones are placed in position, whichcompletes a platform on which the tree with itssoil is now standing. The machine is next brought is now repeated of placing the planks over thehole for the wheels, and additional ones in thecentre for the horses. As soon as the machine isin position these centre boards are removed, leaving the tree suspended over its new is a simpe matter to lower the tree and drawout the planks from beneath. The tree whichwe saw manipulated weighed, together with thesoil, about half a ton ; but the machine is capableof lifting trees weighing 2 tons. A large numberof Elm, Ash, Plane, and other trees have beeahandled by the aid of this at paratus with greaterease, more rapidly, and with comparatively little-injury to the tree. The machine was made by Messrs. L. Faulkner& Sons, Engineers and Ironfounders, Hersham,Walton-on-Thames. ALPINE GARDEN.
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