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as sometimes to afford great crops. Sometimes, 

 in low moist gromuis, that are in grass or sward, 

 the bods are aiarked nut as aiiove, and without 

 dic<;iiin the a;rouiid; placinsi the potatae sets im- 

 niechatelv upon the sward, ihen digging the al- 

 leys, first turning up the sward, and placing it 

 topsv-turvv upon the bed, so as to he sward to 

 sward over the stts ; then finishing bv appl\ing 

 more tarth from the alleys, to cover in the sets, 

 the proper depth of tour or five niches. This, 

 in some counties, is called the lazy-bed method, 

 because the ground is not dug over. 



/// the eighth, or Fiinoio Plunting, which 

 is by drawing furrows with a plough, and de- 

 positing Sets or plants in them, covering in also 

 with the plough : it is sometimes practised for 

 planting potaloe-sets in fields, and has been 

 adopted in planting young trees for large tracts 

 of forest-tree plantations, where the cheapest 

 and most expeditious method is required ; but 

 this method can be practised onlv in a light 

 pliable ground, and is performed thus : a furrow 

 being drawn, one or two persons are employed 

 in placing the sets or plants in the furrow, whilst 

 the plough following immediately with another 

 furrow, uirns the earth in upon the roots of 

 the plants. This is not a mode to he nmch 

 advised. 



In tlie ninth, or Dilille Planting, which is 

 the most commodious method for most sorts of 

 fibrous-rooted seedling plants, particularly all 

 the herbaceous tribe; also for slips, off-sets, 

 and cuttings both of the herbaceous and shrub- 

 by kinds ; likewise for some kinds of seeds and 

 roots, such as broad-beans, potatoe-sets, Jeru- 

 salem artichokes, and horse-radish-sets, with 

 numerous sorts of bulbous roots, hue, it is ex- 

 peditiouslv perfi rmed with a dibble or setting- 

 stick, bv making a narrow hole in the earth for 

 each plant, inserting one in each hole always 

 as the work proceeds. 



Having a dibble pr setting-stick, it is used by 

 thrusting it into the earth in a perpendicular de- 

 scent, in depth as the particular plants. Sec, 

 may require ; directly inserting the plant, seed, 

 or set, as each hole is made, closing it imme- 

 diately by a stroke of the dibble. In setting 

 any kind of plants, slips, cuttings. Sec, having 

 Ions; shanks or stems, it is proper to make holes 

 a proportionable depth, to admit them a con- 

 siderable way in the ground ; for example, cab- 

 bage-piants, savoys, &c., should be planted 

 down to their leaves ; slips and cuttings should 

 be inserted two parts of three, at least, in the 

 ground ; being particulaily careful in dibbling- 

 m all sorts of plants, to close the holes well in 

 everv part about the roots, by striking the dib- 

 ble slantways into the ground, so as to strike 



the mould first firmlv up to the root and fibres, 

 at the same time bringing it close to tlie stem. 

 See Dibble. 



In the tenth mode, or Trowel Planting, 

 it is performed with a garden trowel, made 

 hollow like a sCoop, and is useful in transplant- 

 ing manv sorts of vouug fibrous-rooted plants 

 with balls of earth about their roots, so as not 

 to feel their removal. 



The trowel is employed both in taking up the 

 plants, and planting them. 



In the elercnth, or Planting ifith Balls of 

 Earth about the Roots, which is the removing 

 a plant with a large ball of earth about its roots, 

 so as by having its roots firmlv attactied to the 

 surrounding earth, it still, during the operation, 

 continues its growing state, without receiving 

 any, or but very little check from its removal : 

 this is often practised more particularly for the 

 more delicate and choicer kinds of exotics, both 

 trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ; and occa- 

 sionally for many of the fibrous-rooted, Ho>verv 

 plants, both annuals, perennials, and biennials, 

 even in their advanced growth and flowering 

 state, when particularly wanted to supply anv 

 deficient compartments ; though it is not so eli- 

 gible for bulbous-rooted kinds : likewise, when 

 intended to remove any sort of tree or plant out 

 of the proper planting season, as very late in 

 spring, or in summer, it is proper to transplant 

 it with a good ball of earth, to preserve it i/<ore 

 certainly in a state of growth. Some trees and 

 shrubs are more difficult; to remove with a ball 

 than most kinds of herbaceous fibrous-rooted 

 plants, though many of the tree and shrub kinds 

 having very fibry roots, also readily rise with 

 good balls. 



In transplanting any of the tree and shrub 

 kinds by this method, if ihev grow in the full 

 ground, the operator must be careful to begin to 

 open a trench with a spade at some distance from 

 and round the stem, perhaps a foot, or two or 

 three, according to the size of the tree and ex- 

 pansion of the roots, digging a sort of trench all 

 round, a spade or two wide, or more if large 

 trees, and in depth below all the roots; all the 

 time having great care not to disturb the ball or 

 mass of earth between the stem and trench,, but 

 preserve it as? entire as possible. W hen the 

 whole has been detached, the plant should be re- 

 moved into the situation for which it is intend- 

 ed, with the whole of its ball about its roots. 



When trees or shrubs, with balls to their 

 roots, are intended to be sent to considerable 

 distances, they should be placed singly in osier 

 baskets, in order to preserve the ball ; having 

 a basket for each tree; the baskets to be of an 

 upright make, in width and depth in proportion 



