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It is the general practice, in shipping evergreens, to "ball-and-burlap"them. In this condition evergreens can be shipped for a considerabledistance, and if properly wet before being shipped they will remainnormal for a period of two or three weeks. As a rule, evergreens fortransplanting are grown in a soil which is composed of some clayrather than in a soil which will not hold together around the roots. Rhododendrons. In the northern sections of the United States itis generally assumed that spring planting of rhododendrons is moredesirable than fall planting. This is recommended mostly becauseplants transplanted in the spring have a better opportunity to es-tablish themselves and are less liable to injury during their firstwinter. If rhododendrons are to be transplanted in the fall, it shouldbe ascertained whether the locality from which the plants are cominghas received a normal amount of rainfall prior to the time that theplants are dug. The greatest difficulty in transplanting rhododen-drons is that with insufficient rainfall and a dry season, before theplants are dug, there is insufficient moisture stored in the plants tooffset the transpiration caused during the winter months. Whenmaterial is transplanted in the late fall roots do not seem to makesufficient growth to take up the necessary moisture from the soil, andtherefore the plant must carry itself through the winter on the strengthof the moisture stored up in the cells. This appears to be the maincause for criticism against the fall planting of rhododendrons. It |
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