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letting them drain a little before attempting to 

 transplant. Then with a trowel they may be 

 taken up with the dirt surrounding the roots and 

 set out. 



After marking the rows with a garden line, a 

 long narrow crevice is cut by inserting a flat 

 spade and moving the handle back and forth a 

 few inches. The plants can be rapidly placed in 

 the crevice thus made. One side of the soil is 

 pressed down with the foot or with a tamper, and 

 packed quite firmly against the roots. 



Then more soil is drawn in with a hoe or rake 

 and carefully placed about each plant, after which 

 a common garden rake is used in leveling and 

 loosening up the soil along each side of the row, 

 which prevents "baking" and helps to keep the 

 temperature equable and the soil moist. The 

 most tender plants treated in this way are saved 

 almost without exception. 



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Nearly all plants should be set out in the field 

 somewhat deeper than they grow in the boxes. 

 When plants have long roots these should be 

 straightened out and placed as deeply as possible 

 in the soil to give them a good start by the time 

 the dry summer weather commences. Otherwise 

 the young plants could not, in some cases, extend 



