. The book of the garden. Gardening. KffPRCTB OF COMPRESSED ROOTS ON WOOD, ETC. â with their sides walled round with undisturbed soil, as referred to page 358, when speaking of the necessity of preparing the soil previous to planting. In fig. 131 it will be seen that, where the roots have been most confined and con- torted, the supply of sap thrown into the side of the tree immediately above them has been limited and irregular, as seen by the smaller and irregular portions of the annular rings in the transverse section of the trunk; whereas, again, where the root a has had the means of penetra
. The book of the garden. Gardening. KffPRCTB OF COMPRESSED ROOTS ON WOOD, ETC. â with their sides walled round with undisturbed soil, as referred to page 358, when speaking of the necessity of preparing the soil previous to planting. In fig. 131 it will be seen that, where the roots have been most confined and con- torted, the supply of sap thrown into the side of the tree immediately above them has been limited and irregular, as seen by the smaller and irregular portions of the annular rings in the transverse section of the trunk; whereas, again, where the root a has had the means of penetrating deeper into the soil, and conse- quently been enabled to collect a greater amount of sap food, the annular rings above it are larger and more uniform in size. Transplmitmg fruit trees with a view to correct over-liixwiancy of growth, and to induce them to form blossomrbuds.âThis operation may be re- garded as a species of root-pruning, and the effects will be found to be similar. Taking up a tree entirely enables the operator not only to regulate the state of the roots better than merely root-pruning, as usually performed, but it also enables him to bring the roots nearer to the surface, should they have been over-deep before, and also affords an excellent opportunity of removing the exhausted or bad subsoil, re- placing it with better, or of draining or vault- ing under it, if deemed necessary. Root-prun- ing and taking up and replanting are the very opposites to severe branch-pruning. All fruit trees may be thus treated with much advantage, and those which, by reason of their great age, have ceased to bear fruit, and even make little or no wood, in consequence of the flow of the sap becoming sluggish, wUl, when root-pruned and replanted in fresh soil, assume a renewed vigour, become fruitful and healthy. We lately saw two apricot trees which had been planted thirty years, and had ceased to produce fruit, and appeared to be in the last stage of decay ; by being taken up
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