Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-02-27


FROZEN Ball.. is now the season TO
transplanting trees according to the abov,
mode, and, if properly done, there is NJ
mode more successful, or indeed more sim
pie, or more easily carried into operation
ss will be seen by the following valuable
directions, which we find in Downer's A.
Ticul,urisl:
"Transplanting with frozen ball is {
good deal practiced in this country, and j:
much the cheapest and most perfect mode
Tor trees Of moderately large size; that is
to say, trees from 20 to 80 feet high, and
whose trunks measure from 6 inches to q
foot in diameter. Trees of this proportion
are indeed the most suitable for the embel.
lishment of new places, since they unite
immediate beauty of effect with comparative
cheapness in removal while it requires less
mechanical skill to remove them.
The process Of removeing tree with a
frozen ball is simple one, especially if per-
formed in the early par. Of winter, while
there is but little frost in the ground. In
the first place, the hole should he made
ready" and pile Of suitable soil laid by
the side Of it and covered with straw, to pre-
vent its being frozen when wanted.
Then trench is dug around the tree, in
order to leave ball Of earth Of from six to
eight feet in diameter. The trench should
be wide enough to allow the operator gra-
slullysto undermine the ball of roots, so that
al last the tree just stands, as it were, upon
one leg. In this condition let the ball be
exposed to a sharp frosty night, that i, may
freeze quite 6rnlely The next day you
approach the subject with common low
sled, or stone boat, drawn by pair o. two
OF oxen; Tor if the tree measures only six
snches, pair Of horses will do) The tree
with its ball is now thrown on one side ::
The sled is then placed under the ball on the
opposite side; then the tree is righ,ed, the
ball placed upon the middle of the sled, and
The whole drawn out Of the hole. A team
s,er Of very little practice will now see a,
glance how TO balance his load upon the
sled; and once on level ground, i. is no
Difficult, matter to drag the whole for half
mile or moIe to its final location
After the tree has been placed in the hole
previously prepared for it, the good soil
must be closely pressed around the ball, and
the trunk supported in its place, till after
lhe equinoc,ial rains, by stakes or bracest
There is no mode for the removal of trees
an which they will suffer so little as this :;
partly because the roots are maintained
more entire than in any other way, and part
1y because the soil is not even loosed or
disturbed abou. large potion Of the fbres
Hence, though slight reduction Of the top
is advisable, even in this case, to balance the
loss Of some Of the long roots, it is not abso-
iutely needful, and in no case is the SYM
me,ry Of the head destroyed and the pos
essor Of the newly moved tree has the sat-
isfaction Of gazing upon goodIy show of
foliage and shade as soon as June come
zound again.
Those Of our readers who are groahng
Tor the want Of trees, will see by these re-
marks that their case is by no means des-
pera'e ; that, on the contrary, we think it a
very hopeful one and, that, in short, if they
can afford 10 expend from two to ten dollars
per tree, and can get al the rightAnd of
subjects in their neighborhood, they may, if
ahey choose, transform their premises from
"a bleak meadow to wood as thick as oval
aombresa's shade" before The spring opcns.'
Especially should the soil, in the bottom Of the
hole, be well trenched anil MANFRED.
We may here add, that besides elms and naples
this mode is equally successful with evergreens of
all kinds We have seen white pines and frs, of
20 feet high, moved perfectly in this manner that
they never showed the least mark of change of
place.
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