HINTS FOR TRANspI.ANrING.
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l. Many persons plant tree as they would post. The novice ln planting must consi- der that tree is q livinr, nicely organized production, as certainly affected by good treat ment as an animal. Many an orchard tree, rudely thrust into the ground, struggles half dozen years against the adverse condition before Ii recovcrs.

 ,. In planting an orchar1, let the ground be made mellow by repeated blowing. For tree of moderate size, the hole should be dug three feet in diameter, and from twelve to twenty inches deep. Turn over the soil sey- elal times, and ifnotr rich, mix thoroughly with it some eompoist or we'll roted manure. In every instance the hole must be large enough to admit all the roots easily, without bend ing. Shorten and pare monthly. with knife, any bruised or broken roots. Shake the tree gently while the filling is going on. The secret lies in carefully shoveling in the mould, so that every root and small fibre, may meet the soil and to secure this, let the operator with his hand spread out the small roots, and fill in the earth nicely around every one.-- Nine-tenths of the deaths by transplanting arise from the hollows left among the roots of the trees by q rapid and careless mode of shoyelling in the earth.

 3. When the hole is two-thirls filed, pour i'll a pail or two of water. This will settle the soil and fill up any little vacuities that may remain Wait until the wafer has sunk away, and then fill up the hole, pressing the earth moderately around the tree with the foot. The moist earth, being covered by the loose surface soil, will retain its humidity for long time. Indeed, we rarely find it neces- sary to water again after planting in this way, and litle muck or litter placed around the tree, upon the newly moved soil, will render it quite unnecessary. Frequent surface Wa tering is highly injurious, as it causes the top of the soil to bake so hard as 10 prevent the access of air and light, both of which, in certain degree, are absolutely necessary.

 l. Avoid the prevalent error (so common and so fatal in this country of planting your trees too deep. They should not be planted more than an inch deeper than they stood before If they are likely 10 be thrown out by the frost the first winter, heap little earth about them, to be removed again in spring.

 ,. If your soil is positively bad, remove it from the hole, and substitute a cartload or two of good garden mould Do not forget that plants must have food Five times the common growth may be realized by prepar- ing holes six feet in diameter, and twice the usual depth, enriehing and improving the soil by plentiful addition of good compost- Young trees cannot be expected to thrive well in sod land. When young orchard must be kept in grass, a circle should be kept dug around each tree. But the cultivation of the land will cause the trees to advance more rapidly in five years, than they will ill en, when il is allowed to remain in grass.

 Southern (Ga.) Cul'irator.