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but raised an inch or so above it, and the roots of the 

 plant are so placed in notching in as to remain partly 

 in the solid ground and partly in the earth supplied. 

 Great care, however, is required in any case to see 

 that no plant is put in more than half an inch deeper 

 than it stood in the nursery ground. 



