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TRTJCK-FARMIKG AT THE SOUTH. 



the trowel is used, the operation is the same, except that 

 the implement is inserted in front of the plant, instead 

 of at the side. 



When plants are taken up so carefully that few of the 

 small roots are ruptured and with the soil adhering, or 

 when they are turned out of flower-pots, they will start 



Fig. 4. IMPROPER USE OF THE DIBBLE. 



more readily; but they will not make so luxuriant a 

 growth of leaves, nor will they develope as much fruit, as 

 when a part of the roots has been broken. This is not 

 in consequence of the rupture in itself, but because at 

 and above the points of injury, numerous small fibrous 

 roots are emitted, which are capable of providing the 

 plant with an increased amount of nourishment. 



