PLANT SUPPORTS 



legs. Slip the circle over the plant and press the 

 legs into the ground. The tomato plant grows up 

 in the middle and just hangs over the rim of the 

 circle, but we have to tie the vine to a stake. 



The best material to tie annual vines with is raffia, 

 a tough grass from Madagascar; next best is soft 

 string. Never tie a vine tight, allow room enough 

 for the stem to grow and expand no doubt you 

 have seen trees where wire was wrapped around 

 them to hold a fence or a telegraph pole. The wire 

 cut into the trunk of the tree. It is to the tree just 

 the same as a tight ring on the finger or tight brace- 

 let on the arm ; it cuts off the circulation. 



