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Device for Transplanting Trees. (open access)

Device for Transplanting Trees.

Patent for a new and improved device for transplanting trees. This design consists, "in the combination, with a suitable head having pins or spikes around its edges, of a series of staves having transverse slots, with which the pins engage, and recessed on their edges to form openings for the roots to pass, and means for holding the staves together" (lines 83-89).
Date: August 21, 1888
Creator: Stanley, Thomas E. & Gulley, Calvin D.
System: The Portal to Texas History