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it is^ a good plan to remove one end and pack in alter- 

 nate layers of packing material and plants, and when 

 the box is full nail on the end. In this way the plants 

 can be put in very solid. Fig. 43 shows this method. 



Fig. 45. — The bale ready for covering. 



It is Customary to Have Seedlings tied in bunches of 

 about 100 each when they are shipped, and whenever 

 small stock is shipped with large stock it should be in 

 a separate bundle. It is seldom necessary or desirable 

 to put packing material about the tops, but it should be 

 confined to the roots and the centre of the bundles, and 

 the tops should be left somewhat free, so they will not 

 heat. In packing nursery stock in this way it may be 



Fig. 46. — The bale completed by covering with burlap and 

 labelled for shipping. 



desirable to carefully nail cleats across the box after 

 the stock has been put in, to hold it in place and prevent 

 its shifting about in transit, and sometimes it may be 

 desirable to ventilate the cases in which they are packed. 



