Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
mound-planting .
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It is called hill-planting, and consists in placing the young tree upright on the greensward with its roots properly spread out, and then covering the roots and supporting the trunk by thick sods cut so as to form a circular hillock around it [235].
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874
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It is called hill-planting, and consists in placing the young tree upright on the greensward with its roots properly spread out, and then covering the roots and supporting the trunk by thick sods cut so as to form a circular hillock around it.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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