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large, nor too deep, and must take care to fix 

 the root well in the ground, filling up the hole 

 that the stick has made, so that the earth lie 

 smoothly about the bottom of the stem of the 

 plant, which will not be infested by weeds, as 

 the young plants which are raised upon the spot 

 by grain will be, because, here, there will be 

 plants and not seeds following closely upon the 

 heels of the plough. 



79. When the plants are taken out of the bed, 

 they should be heaved up with a spade, with as 

 little tearing of the roots as possible, and the 

 dirt should not be shaken off. They should be 

 laid into a shallow wicker basket, such as the 

 gardeners make use of, and thus carried and laid 

 down for the planter 3 and the distributor of the 

 plants should not be far a-head of the planter, 

 especially in the case of hot suns or sharp winds. 

 If some of your ground be ready for planting a 

 considerable time before the rest \ or if any cir- 

 cumstance cause the work of planting to be long 

 in hand, begin by taking up every other row of 

 plants in the beds, or, which is better, every other 

 plant in each row. This will give the remainder 

 room ; and they will wait to give you time for 

 your manuring, or your ploughing, if it be ne- 

 cessary. 



80. If, by any accident, you be compelled to 

 defer the work of transplanting to a late season. 



