The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . and the illustrations are of treesmoved this winter which are the larg-est of any that he has undertaken. Atree that will weigh ten tons is consid-ered large, but to move a tree thatweighs from 20 to 30 tons it is neces-sary to employ house moving appara-tus, for BO planting wagon was everbuilt that would lift a tree of that sizeand it could not be drawn by horses. In moving a tree of so large a sizethe tree is dug around and the balllifted with jack screws, using 3-footblocks to raise it to a height of six two 14-inch square ti
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . and the illustrations are of treesmoved this winter which are the larg-est of any that he has undertaken. Atree that will weigh ten tons is consid-ered large, but to move a tree thatweighs from 20 to 30 tons it is neces-sary to employ house moving appara-tus, for BO planting wagon was everbuilt that would lift a tree of that sizeand it could not be drawn by horses. In moving a tree of so large a sizethe tree is dug around and the balllifted with jack screws, using 3-footblocks to raise it to a height of six two 14-inch square timbers areplaced, on which are 6-inch rollers withrunners under the ball. The screwsare then removed and the weight restson the rollers. It is then drawn withchains and blocks by horse power, andthe progress of the moving is from 200to 400 feet in eight hours. Mr. Klock-er a few years ago moved a very largetree in the middle of summer; the soilwas, however, of very heavy clay andit was so molded that none was lost intransit and the tree was moved but a. MOVING LARGE TREES BY A. KLOKNER, WAUWATOSA, WIS. A Norway Spruce WeiglnriR: 44 Tons Moved to New Location. lowed by most growers, though thisis sometimes shaded a little crosswiseof the bench to even up the distancebetween the rows. Carnation plantsgrowing in houses running north andsouth are very apt to be a littlespindly at this time of the year, espe-cially if the temperature is not keptto an even degree and the ventilationproperly attended to. The condition ofthe plants now should be noted andused as a guide for next seasonsplans. There is not anything gainedby crowding a plant; better by farto allow for a free circulation of air short distance, it requiring 48 hoursto accomplish the task, but the workwas so successfully done that the treenever suffered in its removal. New Haven, Ind.—The New HavenFloral Co., recently incorporated byHenry Hermann, Sophia Hermann andHerman J. C. Leitz, with the lastnamed as manager,
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