SOME PRACTICAL HINTS 



transplanting moderately, and watch it for 

 half an hour afterwards. If no leaves 

 droop by that time, I do not trim it any 

 more. But if either leaves or twigs show 

 any sign of wilting, I cut them back to 

 the fresh ones. It is understood that I 

 am now speaking of young stock and seed- 

 lings at the age when transplanting is 

 properly done. The transplanting of ma- 

 ture stock is a different matter, and is 

 rarely done successfully by an amateur. 

 It is better let alone. 



For some time after transplanting it 

 is my custom to shade and water small 

 plants, and to water the larger ones. 

 Especially is this necessary if there has 

 been no recent rain and the ground is 

 dry. In transplanting poppies I only 

 attempt it " between the drops " of a rainy 

 day, and I never take off their umbrellas 

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