THE OLD AND THE NEW. 



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desire to have them regain their firm footing and begin a 

 new, vigorous growth as soon as possible after the transfer, 

 and for this reason the planter should not fail to pack the 

 soil firmly about the roots. Every planter, of course, should 

 learn to perform the whole operation quickly, and expe- 

 ditiously, and every individual can go at it in his own way, 

 according to his own peculiarities, provided he has nimble 

 fingers and makes quick moves. 



How deep should the plants be set? I think that we 

 should aim to get the lower end of the bulb one inch below 



Fig. 23. 



Setting the Plants. 



a, the wrong way. 



b, the right way. 



the surface of the ground ; but if it gets a little deeper no 

 harm will result from it. 



Youngsters, if employed to set out plants, will bear watch- 

 ing until they have learned how to do the work just right. 

 Sometimes they get into the habit of crowding the plants 

 into the soil in such a manner that the roots are pushed 

 upward, and the plants appear as shown at a, in Fig. 23, 

 while the roots should be inserted as far as possible down- 

 ward, as shown at b. 



A word more in regard to growing onions on the new 



