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lis; except, that, instead of earth, dry 



, possible from earthy particles, should be 



. of the bulbous and tuberous roots, instead 



acked in sand, may be wrapped in paper, and 



put in boxes covered with net-work, or laths. Roots should 



not be put in the same box with seeds. 



Where the seeds of plants cannot be successfully trans- 

 mitted, they may be sown in boxes, and sent in a vege- 

 tating state. Where more than one kind is sown in the 

 same box, they should be kept distinct by laths, fastened 

 in it crosswise on a level with the surface of the ground 

 in which they are sown: and, when different soils are 

 required, it will be necessary to make separate compart- 

 ments in the box. In either case they should be properly 

 marked, and referred to in the descriptive notes which ac- 

 company them. 



When plants cannot be propagated from seeds with a cer- 

 tainty of their possessing the same qualities which long; 

 culture or other causes may have given them, they may 

 be sent in a growing state. For this purpose, they should 

 be taken up when young. Those, however, who are ac- 

 quainted with their cultivation in the countries where they 

 grow, will know at what age they may be safely and 

 advantageously removed. They may be transplanted direct 

 into the boxes in which they are to be conveyed ; or, 

 where that cannot be conveniently done, they may be ta- 

 ken up with a ball of earth about the roots, and the roots 

 of each surrounded with wet moss, carefully tied about it 

 to keep the earth moist. They may afterwards be put 

 into a box, and each plant secured by laths fastened cross- 

 wise above the roots, and the interstices between the roots, 

 fdled with wet moss. The same methods may be observed 

 with young grafted or budded fruit trees. 



Where the time will permit, it is desirable that the roots 

 of the plants be well established in the boxes in which they 

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