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The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], The General Assembly of Virginia firm and United (search)
Transplanting trees. --In Paris, during the last Revolution, the trees on the streets were cut down for barricades. The crowning glory of the boulevards is the trees. It being desirable to have those of advanced growth when transplanted, the following successful method, so different from ours in America, is now pursued: The deciduous tree to be removed may be ten to fifteen or more years old. It is dug out at any season, with as large a ball as practicable, usually six feet in surface diameter, and about three feet deep — the tap roots being cut away. It is hoisted bodily by a lifter, which forms part of the wagon. The earth-ball is bound around firmly, and the tree is placed firmly in the hole prepared for its reception in the sidewalk. So far the process is what is usual elsewhere. When the tree is thus set, several earthen pipes are arranged and covered under ground, through which water is conveyed to the roots once or twice a week. Around the body of the tree fro