. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . e frame, by which trees caneasily and steadilybe lifted and lowered,the large doubleropes passing overthe rollers to thewindlasses. A locustboom is put acrossthe machine underthe frame and abovethe braces; iron pinshold it in place. Theside guy-ropes aremade fast to the endsof this boom. Theother guy-ropes are made fast to the front and rear parts of themachine. Four rope loops are made fast inside of the frame, andare so placed that by passing a rope around
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . e frame, by which trees caneasily and steadilybe lifted and lowered,the large doubleropes passing overthe rollers to thewindlasses. A locustboom is put acrossthe machine underthe frame and abovethe braces; iron pinshold it in place. Theside guy-ropes aremade fast to the endsof this boom. Theother guy-ropes are made fast to the front and rear parts of themachine. Four rope loops are made fast inside of the frame, andare so placed that by passing a rope around the trunk of the treeand through the loops two or three times, a rope ring is madearound the tree that will keep the trunk in the middle of the frameand not allow it to hit either the edges or the rollers — a verynecessary safeguard. As the tree is slowly lifted by the wind-lasses, the guy-ropes are loosened, as needed. The tree will passobstructions, such as trees by the roadside, but in doing so it isbetter to lean the tree backward. When the tree has arrived atits new place, the two timbers are placed along the opposite edges. 150. The tree ready to move. THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS 135 of the hole so that the hind wheels can be backed over it. Thetree is then lowered to the proper depth, and made plumb bythe guy-ropes, and good, mellow soil is thrown in and packedwell into all the cavities under the roots. When the hole ishalf filled, several barrels of water should be poured in; thiswill wash the soil into the cavities under the center of the treemuch better. When the water has settled away, fill in andpack the soil till the hole is little more than full. Leave adepression, so that all the rain that may fall will be tree should now be judiciously trimmed and the machineremoved. Five men can take up, move, and plant a tree in aday, if the distance is short and the digging not too hard. Thetree should be properly wired to stakes to prevent the windfrom blowing
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