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to be planted, then cut the binding and remove the burlap very slowly and carefully, exercising caution to avoid disturbing the ball; the partially fill the hole with water. Depth for Transplanting. The question is often asked as to howdeep stock should be set when it is transplanted. This is a querywhich must be applied to various types of material according to thespecial requirements of each. For example, some of the more tenderperennials like the shasta daisy, the foxglove, and the cardinal flowershould not be set as deep as some of the hardier types like the phlox, thelarkspur, and the hardy sunflower. The suggestions here, however, aregeneral. A plant in its new location should stand at about the samelevel as it stood before. There is more danger of setting a plant toodeep in a clayey soil than in that which is sandy, for it is vital that theair should reach the roots. More stock is injured by deep plantingthan by shallow, and it often will be found well to set the plant with thecrown or top of the roots an inch or more nearer the surface than it wasbefore. This is especially true in the case of trees which, as is fre-quently observed, are easily killed by filling in earth around them. Inthe case of shrubs it is not a serious matter, except with rhododendronsand azaleas. These two plants are strongly characterized by havingroots that remain near the surface. Roses of all kinds, however, arebetter set deep, for they readily throw out new roots above the old.Deep planting thus incidentally helps to conserve the supply ofmoisture so essential to success with the rose. In the case of buddedroses it is necessary to have the union at least two and a half or threeinches below the surface of the ground, in order that suckers may notspring up from the stock and choke the engrafted plant. Vines,particularly grape vines, also it is well to plant deep. In fact, grapevines are often led under the ground for a rod or more to spring up at adistant point where it is desired to have them grow. But withperennials in general, extreme care must be exercised. Those like theiris, with leaves that spring from a point near the ground, are made todecay by earth heaped about them. Those with thick, fleshy rootsparticularly should be planted only according to a careful observance oftheir habit of growth. The peony does not make good bloom if theeyes are sunk much more than two and a half inches below thesurface. In the transplanting of the roots of the larkspur itshould be borne in mind that the crown at the base of the plantshould be covered with good topsoil to a depth of approximatelytwo or three inches. In all transplanting calculation should bemade of the possibility of the earth settling around the plant(See Plate VI), |
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