One of the best ways is to plant very early. Do not wait for the fall of the leaf, but commence as soon as the first heavy fall rains have thoroughly loosened the ground. If the leaves have not fallen, strip them off. It is no more of an injury for man to do this in the day, when a frost may and often does do it the same night. If there be much soft and immature wood, cut this back, evaporation is much more easy through this part than the harder and more mature.

Another thing in favor of fall planting, will be the selection of warm ground. This will much favor the production of rootlets. In a cold, damp soil, the roots already on the tree will rather die than new ones produce themselves. This is particularly the case with some trees which do not make young roots freely in the fall. The tulip trees, oaks and the peach are familiar instances of this class. And again, he who would have the very best success with fall planting, must guard as much as possible against hot bursts of sun, or cold wintry winds; and thus he whose place is the best protected in this respect, will have the best of it over him who has not.

Some of our readers, we suspect, will wonder why we include the sun in our list of winter enemies to the fall planted tree. But we see how it is after a winter's experience. The southern side of the fall-planted tree is often scorched on that side. This is simply because the sun draws out the moisture there faster than the injured roots can supply it.

In favor of fall planting there is yet one item which we can seldom have in spring. This is in reference to the condition of the earth. It is often said that a wet day is good for planting trees, but this is a mistake. The pasty earth does not fit closely to the roots, and the roots cannot well take up moisture unless they are in close contact with the earth. Hence a half-dry soil, that will powder finely when crushed, is to be preferred. Then every little root finds the powdering soil closing in about it; and it is almost as if the root had pushed itself in the ordinary way. It is a good thing in transplanting to have one man pounding with a rammer as fast as the earth is being put in. In the spring, what with rain and frost, the soil is not apt to be as friable, as gardeners say, as it is in the fall of the year. - Gardener's Monthly.