Polynesian., 1845-04-26

o..' "neh paced side by side with
oho "ahspianted after it had grown to eipbt
orteh inches in diameter, has shot IN so much
n'oro raPidiy as IN a very few years to be
come ,he inner of the two. The results of
'rdhsPiahting depend on causes SO occult as
on'y TO De discovered gradually, and by OBJ
serva'ion and training of a very peculiar
h'hd' when the greatest pains, therefore.
nave been taken to insure success. the ;rpo.
rance OF a single particular, or the omission
OF what might seem a slight and trivial pre-
requisite, has brought i'll luck upon the whole
scheme, and thus discouraged and bafle3
the most persevering planter, when the OBJ
!ect OF his labors seemed to be lust within
MS reach. OF late years, however. very
successful experiments have been made
abroad. The knowledge that has been
Drought to bear upon this subject, and the
degree OF perfection TO which the system has
now been carried, would scarcely be believed
by any one who has never lost himself in the
enticlng pages of Sir Henry Steuart, Of AL
lantlon. His numerous experiments led him
TO the adoption of a system, which he has
given to the world in {" The Planters
Guide, '-and which a distinguished COM
mlttee OF the Highland Society. after q
thorough examination declare to be attended
with complete and almost miraculous sue
cess. III several important respects, the me-
tlod OF practice recommended by him differs
rom any which had before been known.
but 1t appears to have been taken up after a
most patient and systematic series Of trials.
TO be founded on sound and obvious reasons.
ana 10 proceed upon a nice adaptation to the
habits and the demands of nature.
Henry Steuart begins with the asscr-
ton, that success cannot be expected unless
upon principles OF selection, Determining the
subject to be transplanted with relation to
the soil to which it is TO be transferred. The
soil and subsoil must be congenial to the ma
ture OF the plant, and the species of trees Sc
lected must receive as much attention as is
given by the farmer in adapting his crops
to the soil of his farm. The condition and
properties of the individual trees are also to
be nicely considered. 1t is well known, that
the greatest difference exists between trees
which have stood in exposed situations. and
those which have grown in such as are shell
tered. The stems of the former are always
short and thick, because from their un-
obstructed opening to the air and light on
every side of them, they have not the same
impulse to shoot up towards the free air, which
is always so clearly observable in close
woods. Their branches, also, are thrown
out boldly in every direction, while the roots
beneath the ground are exactly proportional
to the vigor and hardness Of the tree above
it. Trees that have stood in unsheltered sit
uation will have acquired, therefore, by
their own efforts, thickness and induration
of bark, shortncss and girth of steam, nu-
nervousness of roots and fibres, and lastly.
pytppt hnlunco and c1,co,oc, % b,,,o lz
properties which admirably qualify them for
sustaining the risk of removal. When such
trees cannot be had, they must be made by
previous training to acquire these properties,
the treatment to which they are subjected
being various according to the special quail
ty in which the particular tree is Deficient
but all described in 1.-The Planters Guide
with a tulncss and accuracy that leave no
possibility of mistake.
"The Size OF the trees that can be subject
ed to the process. Of Transportation is stated
to be a mere question of expense. A large
tree can be, removed with the same certainty
of success as Il smaller one; but the eX-
pense, it is material to add, is found to in
crease in a rapidly progressive ratio. Trees
of about ten or twelve inches in diameter are
considered by our author as n medium size,
being easily manageable in removal, and
large enough to produce an immediate effect
upon the landscape, and to oppose sufficient
resistance to the storm.
"Thc roots of the tree to be removed hay
ing first been carefully laid bare to their mi
nutest eXtremities, the common ransplanting
machine, consisting Of Il strong pole mount
ed upon high wheels, is then attached to it,
and it is carefully pulled out of The soil.
Both the roots and branches are tied up for
fear of injury, and so balanced against each