TRANSPLANTING 



holes will be ready for filling, and by the time 

 all are filled, any moisture which may work to the 

 surface will have had time to appear and may be 

 covered with a dust mulch. The planting should all 

 be looked over carefully before leaving to see if 

 any wet spots appear; when such is the case, they 

 must be immediately covered with fresh, dry earth. 

 No covering or protection of any kind need be 

 given, except in case of frost. The dust mulch 

 takes the place of shingles, paper, or anything used 

 to protect from the sun. Properly planted, with 

 the soil firmly pressed about the roots and well 

 watered and the protecting dust mulch preventing 

 the heating of the soil or evaporation of moisture, 

 the tops exposed to the fresh air and sunshine, the 

 plant is in the best possible condition to withstand 

 the change of position; also, if it has been watered 

 the night before and lifted in the morning before 

 the sun has materially reduced its strength, the 

 plant cells are full of water and will not need to 

 call on the roots for a supply until a time they are 

 in a position to respond. 



There is no one fallacy I find so much trouble 

 in overcoming in people I employ about my gar- 

 den, or with whom I come in contact in gardening 



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