PLANTING TREES.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 74, 4 July 1877, Page 3

PLANTING TREES.

Tlie planting season being now upon us a few remarks may not be out of place, and again we have to strongly advise our friends against planting large old stuff. If we take the camelia, we may ask, who has ever had good results from transplating old plants ? There may be exceptions of course to the rule, but the exceptions are few and far between; the rule is that such camelias, when replanted, have a. backward tendency, mostly ending m death. Again, take for example any kind of fruit trees,— large plants of these give, it is true, -a present effect, and, what is of . great consequence m the colony, a few fruit the first . season ; but atwhafr a cost I These trees mostly get stunted, and keep, so till }, canker and other diseases end .their, existence. Compare these with yealing trees, no matter of what- kind they may be, and mark the Thesetrees althoTighnotbearingf ruit the first season, will make vigorotis grpwihj an dmll overtake by the end of the first season the others, and show free healthy growth, prognosticating a a_ long life and a continual fruitfulness. ' In the way of pear trees, it has been assorted that thelarger they are planted the better— presumably,' we suppose, that they will come into bearing quicker. Urif prtunately, this dictumrequires confirmation ; practical observations confirmthe fact that healthy ybung .trees, pro- ;'■ perly attended; to, will produce-fruit as soon as the others; The unfruitfulness of pear : trees-as proverbial; but- we would suggest m: such cases thai? the trees t?e iheaded down, grafted, and then the cause of blame would be removed. Tpresume the subject, much of the ■disappointment 'caused.by the tpp-heavU - -ness of pines, and their subsequent slow; growth^ -may b y e."traced. to the planting" ,of !. large stock, the .present effect being -the chief affair. If we take the Norfolk. Island ipine as. another cx T ' ample, we.may again ask Who ever saw /large plants of this kind ever do any " permanent good ! We would" "back ;: a plant of these, of from one to two feet m height, to -m; about three . years -the largest plants that could be planted ; and thus we could go on with every other description; o£ vegetation m this country.— "Sydney MaiL/* . _ /