. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . he ground, as all evergreens should tolook well,-it is often quite difficult to dig them up for transplanting, thesespreading prostrate branches impeding the work of the spade. v,, when they are set out, the same difficulty occurs inplacing them properly in the hole, and fillingin the earth. Having recently had occasionto set out a large number from the nurseryrows, we found the work could not only bemuch better done, but in about one-half thetime, by drawing the lower branches upwards,pressing
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . he ground, as all evergreens should tolook well,-it is often quite difficult to dig them up for transplanting, thesespreading prostrate branches impeding the work of the spade. v,, when they are set out, the same difficulty occurs inplacing them properly in the hole, and fillingin the earth. Having recently had occasionto set out a large number from the nurseryrows, we found the work could not only bemuch better done, but in about one-half thetime, by drawing the lower branches upwards,pressing them against the tree, and securingthem in this position by passing around andtying a cord, as shown in fig. 2, the common appearance of the tree being represented byFig. I—Tree before r- t-i l- u ..u ^ Fie. 2.— Tree digging. %• I- The ease with which the operator *^,^^ ,^^ could now work was remarkable. Nurserymen, who have many such trees to dig, would find it to their advantage to provide a number of small straps to buckle around the trees during the operation of
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