LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Xvii 



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136 Young Apple Root Graft .. " . . 160 



137 Graft Wrapping Machine ' .' . i .161 



138 Grafters' or Budders' Kit . ... . 161 



139 Digging Large Trees for Shipment . . . 162 



140 Cutting on Dahlia Tuber . . .164 



141 Swellings Due to Graftage . . . .165 



142 Bordeaux Mixing for Small Nursery . . 166 



143 Handy Style of Tree Caliper . . . .167 



144 Why Root Pruning Is Desirable . . .168 



145 Tree Digger at Work in Pear Nursery Row 170 



146 Wire Protector Against Mice and Rabbits . 172 



147 Bundles of Cions for Shipment . . .173 



148 Planting a Burlapped Evergreen . . . 174 



149 Heeling-in Trees for Winter Storage . . 177 



150 Peach Pit Planter . ., , . . ' .178 



151 Graft Planting . . . .179 



152 Nursery Tree Digger . . . .179 



153 Moving Large Trees . . . .180 



154 Transplanting in Loose Soil .... 181 



155 Herbaceous Grafting and Budding . . . 182 



156 Hand Method of Planting Nursery Stock . 184 



157 Grape Grafting ...... 185 



158 Negro Women Are Largely Employed in 



Southern Nurseries ..... 187 



159 Stages in Grafted Apple Tree Production . 188 



160 Large Trees Are Conveniently Handled by 



Truck .190 



161 Spading in Nursery Stock . . ^ . . 192 



162 First Pruning of Budded Tree . . .193 



163 Street Tree Specifications . . . .194 



164 Trimming an Ornamental Tree for Form . . 197 



165 Bundle of Whole Root Grafts . . . .198 



166 Grafted Chestnut Bearing at Two Years . . 199 



167 "Sprouting" Budded Nursery Stock . . 201 



168 Three Unusual Styles of Grafting . . 202 



169 Unpacking and Heeling-in Nursery Stock . 203 



Grafting in Various Stages . . . 205 



