THE TREE-LIFTER OR A NEW METHOD OF TRANSPLANTING FOREST TREES BY COL. GEORGE GREENWOOD He who has planted a tree has set the elements to work for him THIRD EDITION LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1876 All rights reserved Proportion the head of a transplanted tree to the root Prefatory remark to entering on the physiology of trees The course of the Treatise will go, with the sap, from the root, through the wood to the leaf, and back by the bark to the root Except the unripe ends of roots, trees imbibe from all parts exposed to moisture, and transpire from all parts exposed to drought The food of trees is imbibed by the surface of the roots Food of agastric animals imbibed by the surface Cuttings imbibe by the surface That a radish is fed only by its end a fallacy That branches are the same length as roots a fallacy, and that the. Branches shorter than roots, and the drip is through them, not out- Rain and condensation are often shed inwards or towards the stem. The spade the destroyer of wall-fruit trees Unphilosophical remedies That roots absorb only by sponges or capillary stomata at their ends Whether this is true or not of vital importance to transplanting Ends of roots to a tree what children are to a commonwealth. 44 |