. The book of the garden. Gardening. PLANTING. 379 chains are termed sling-chains, and are placed on the beams of the carriage. When the tree is raised at one end, the two sling-ohains are hooked into each other under the poles, then the four smaller or corner chains are placed on the beams the same as the sling-chains. The end of the poles being raised, the corner chain is then fastened round the ends of planks which form the platform under the ball; the poles at the other end must now be raised, and the sling and corner chain fastened as at the other end. Two screw-jacks have been tried, one
. The book of the garden. Gardening. PLANTING. 379 chains are termed sling-chains, and are placed on the beams of the carriage. When the tree is raised at one end, the two sling-ohains are hooked into each other under the poles, then the four smaller or corner chains are placed on the beams the same as the sling-chains. The end of the poles being raised, the corner chain is then fastened round the ends of planks which form the platform under the ball; the poles at the other end must now be raised, and the sling and corner chain fastened as at the other end. Two screw-jacks have been tried, one at each end, which, at first sight, might appear to expe- dite the operation, but this," Mr Barron thinks, " is not the case, as it is necessary for the corner chains to be fast at one end whilst being raised, in order to keep the tree in an upright position. In the majority of oases, (except where the tree is very tall, or top-heavy, or the ground uneven over which the carriage has to pass), it will be found that the weight of the immense mass of earth, when properly balanced in loading, and the comer chains all properly fastened, will be sufficient ballast for maintaining the tree in an upright position, and that the guide-ropes are seldom used except when the tree is loading or ; The carriage with its load is drawn over the spot where the tree is intended to be placed, the hind and fore parts of the machine are separated, the tree let down by the same means by which it was elevated, and withdrawn from both sides ; the operation of covering up the roots after they have been regularly spread out is pro- ceeded with, and the whole routine completed. The platform and mode of introducing it under the roots, as well as Mr Barron's mode of pre- paring the ball and preserving the roots, will be best understood by an extract from his recently published " British Winter Garden," p. 31. "A tree being about to be lifted, say from 40 to 50 feet hi
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