Lifting and Plantin<r Carnations from the F^ield 



throughout the bench. The firming is of considerable imjjortance, particularly 

 in the case of light soils, especially when it comes to watering, whether by 

 the surface or sub-irrigation system. If the soil is of the same degree of 

 compactness throughout, it will take up the moisture equally, and there will 

 be neither sodden nor dried-out spots in the l)ench as would result were some 



Soil Sterilizer in Position — Fillino the Bench 



spots dense enough to hold the moisture and became sour and sodden, and 

 others so loose and open as to dry out rapidly, causing the contiguous plants 

 to suffer from drought. With light soils it is often necessary to get upon the 

 bench and tramp down the soil, in order to have it sufificiently compact, and of 

 an even consistency throughout. 



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