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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



good-sized flower pot, fasten the pot securely, and fill it 

 with fine, rich soil. This will have to be watered carefully 

 every day in dry weather. By either of these methods you 

 can have a strong vine, which you should sever from the 

 parent and plant where you wish it to grow as soon as the 



leaves fall off in autumn. 

 Transplanting. Prepare 

 a large hole, make it three 

 or four feet wide, so that 

 the slender roots can be 

 spread out naturally in it, 

 mellow the soil deep (if 

 the ground is poor, dig it 

 out and put in a wheel- 

 barrow load of rich loam), 

 and scatter into the bot- 

 tom of the hole a peck of 

 bones that you have saved. 

 Now dig up your plant 

 carefully, to save the fine 

 roots, and without expos- 

 ing them to the air any 

 more minutes than neces- 



FIG. 66. LAYER OF WINCHELL GRAPE 

 Showing one year's growth of roots. A yard- 

 stick is included for comparison. In trans- s /jf ft nag to be carr i e( j 

 planting, cut back as indicated at c 



far, wrap the roots in wet 



paper or burlap), spread them naturally in the hole, filling in 

 with fine earth as you arrange the roots of different levels, 

 and tramp the earth firmly about the plant. Finally, 

 put two or three stakes around it for protection. If 

 the ground be dry, soak it thoroughly, and after it has 

 dried so that it works mellow without puddling, rake the 



