SETTING THE PLANTS 



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smith at small cost, will always do good service. In 

 opening the hole have the flat side of knife or dibber 

 facing you. Then insert the plant back of the dibber, 

 withdraw the latter and strike in again back of the 



Fig 24 — ^TRIMMING THE PLANTS 



plant, pressing the soil against the roots in the same 

 manner as was done with the wooden dibber. 



A good way of managing the whole operation is 

 as follows: Take up a lot of plants from the seed 

 bed, which may be done by running the point of a 

 small trowel under them, and lifting them out. Care- 

 fully separate and straighten them out. Next trim 



