POTTING 



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In many greenhouses old and dirty pots are no longer 

 washed, because when expense and breakage incident to 

 washing is reckoned, the cost is found to be too near that 

 of new pots to pay. 



86. The operation of potting is capable of a high degree 

 of skill and speed. It is no unusual feat for a man to 



FIG. 47 TOMATO PLANTS IN PAPER AND EARTHENWARE POTS 

 The paper pots readily rot, so may be left around the plants when transplanted. 



pot 5,000 rooted cuttings in 10 hours. The highest rec- 

 ord which has come to the author's attention is 11,500 

 verbena cuttings in 10 hours. This was made in 

 the greenhouse of the late Peter Henderson of New York 

 by "Jim" Markey, who did only the potting, two boys 

 keeping him supplied with soil, pots and cuttings and 

 taking away the potted plants. 



Elimination of waste motion is the secret of such 



