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as, owing to the mutilation which of necessity takes 

 place, a greater draught is made upon the roots for 

 moisture than they can support when thus shortened, 

 if they are placed near the surface. But this point 

 requires the exercise of discretion, and a good sub- 

 stitute for deeper planting will be thorough mulch- 

 ing. 



As roots always spring from a bud or joint, and 

 rarely from the internode or portion between the buds, 

 the mode of propagation by which the plant has been 

 produced will exert considerable influence upon the 

 modus operandi of setting it out. 



Fig. 7. 



In fig. 7 is shown the proper disposition of the 

 roots of a young plant raised from a seed or from a 

 single eye. In this case the roots all proceed from 

 within a short distance of each other and from the 

 base of the stem. In setting out such a plant, the 

 better plan is to throw a shovelful or two of fine 



