The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-24
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That there IL q difficulty in trans.
planting trees, the multitude Of com.
plants aud inquiries which beset rs,
most abuudsatly prove. That it is, on
the other hand, q very easy and aim.
pie process, the uniform success I OF
akillful eultivasors, a. fully establi ,hes.
The difficulty then, lies, of coarse, IN
want Of Knowledge, on the part OF
The 'ensucssssfal practitioner. This
want Of Knowledge may DO stated,
broadly, under two. heads, viz isao.
rance of the organisation Of trees, and
ignorance Of the Necessity Of feeding
them.
The first point is directly the NEST
important, for the vsry process Of
transplantius is founded upon it.
Since this art virtually consists 10 re.
moving, by violence, = tree from o.e
spot to aoothsr, it is absolutely necos.
sary to know how much violence We
may use without defeating the ends in
view. A common soldier will, with
his sword, cut off mans limb 10 such
. manner that be takes bis life Away
with it. a skilltul surgeon, will d.
the same thing, 10 order to preserue
life. There are, also, msnifestly two
wsys Of traasplaasiog trees.
That the uitaI principle is wonder
tul aud mysterious power. even III
plants, cannot b denied. But be-
Cause certain trees, as poplars and VIII
lows, hsve enough Of this power to 60.
able pieces OF them to grow, when stuck
into the ground, like walking stioks,
without roots, it does not follow that
oil ether trees will do the 50 ne. There
are some animals which swallow prus.
sio acid with inpuuity; but it Is "a
dangerous experiment f,r Ill other anil
mails, What we mean to suggest,
therefore, is, that be who would be
successful trassplAnter, mus. have 40
almoss religious respect for tho roots OF
trees. He must look upon them a. the
collectors Of revenue, the wardens Of
tho ports, the great viadacts Of al sol.
ids and fluids that enter into the sys.
tenn Of growth and verdure, which COD
stitute the tree proper. Oh, it one
could only teach heweEs Of "tap-roots"
and drawers of "laterals," the value Of
the whole system of roots-every thing,
in short, that looks like aud is, radi-
cls-then would nine tenths of the DIT.
6culty Of transplanting be quito over
como, aud the branches might be left
pretty much to themselves.
Now tree, to be perfectly trans
planted, ought to be taken up with its
VII lie system Of roots entire. Thus
removed and carefully replanted, at
the proper dormant season, it need not
suffer loss of the smallest bough, aud
it would scarcely feel its removal
Such things are done every year, with
this result, by really clever and sxpe.
rieDced gardeners. We have see. sp-
pie trees, large enough to bear coup.
le of bushels of fruit, which were ,e.
moved dozen miles, in the autumn,
and made luxurisat growth, and bore
fine crsp the next season. But the
workman who haadlsd them had
gene to tho root of the ousit ess be un.
dertook.
The fact however, cannot be denied
that in Common practice there are very
few such perfect workmen. Trees Zen.
peoiaIIy i'll the nursuries) are often Ia.
ken up in haste. at loss Of third, Or
even sometimes half of their roots, and
when received by The transplanter,
there is nothing 10 be done but to make
the best OF 1t.
In order TO do this, We must look
little 10 advance, in order to u.der-
stand the philosophy of growth. In
few words, then, it may be assumed
that in healthy tree, there is al ex-
act "balance Of poser'' between the
roots and branches. The first nay be
said to represent the stomach, and the
second the luogs and perspiratory .ys-
tenn. The 6rst oullects food for the
tree; the other elabvrates and prepares
This food. You can, therefore, no
moro make violeat attack upon the
roots, without The leaves and branch..s
suffering harm by it, than you Can
greatly ipjure the on,ach Of an AMI.
NAL without disturbing the vital actiun
Of all the rest Of its system.
In trees and plants, perhaps, this
proportional depea ieocs is still great.
CT. For instance, the leaves, and even
the bark Of tree, continually act as
tie preparatory system Of that tree.
Every clear day, 10 . good sized tree,
they give off many pounds weight of
fluid matter-being the more wstery
portion Of the element absorbed by the
roots. Now it 10 plain, that if you de.
stroy, in transplanting, one third Of the
roots Of tree, you have, a. 5000 az the
leaves expand, . third more lungs than
you can keep in sotion. The perspi.
ration is vastly beyond what tho roots
can make good aud unless the subject
Is one Of unusual vitaliay, or the wealth.
Or is such as to keep down separation
by constant dampnes1, the leaves must
flag, sud the tree partially OF wholly