CHAPTER SEVEN 

 TRANSPLANTING 



IT is a question whether the time at which tender 

 plants shall go into the ground is a matter of pru- 

 dence or of courage. If one has a good hotbed well 

 stocked with plants on which to draw, then "he 

 either fears his fate too much or his deserts are 

 small. Who fears to put it to the touch, and win 

 or lose it all," if the weather and soil are in a 

 favourable condition for planting, for there is no 

 question that one often gains two or three weeks 

 by early planting. Nevertheless, the chances are 

 against it, and it is not to be recommended where 

 plants must be purchased, or all one's stock is put 

 into the ground at once. 



It may be accepted as a rule that warm weather 

 early in March or April will be followed by a cold 

 spell in early May, and that plants put into the 

 ground ahead of this period will be apt to suffer, 



if, indeed, they do not perish outright, 



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