244 Gardening Under Glass 



length, transplant from the sand into small 

 pots, to be followed by subsequent shifts into 

 larger pots. 



Transplanting 



Rapid and perfect development of growth is 

 brought about by timely and frequent trans- 

 planting, and this especially in the case of young 

 plants. At every shift a pot only a size or two 

 larger than the one the plant comes out of should 

 be used, and fresh soil for filling in and firming 

 down around the root-ball. Seedlings, when 

 standing too crowded in their first seed trays, 

 are helped along wonderfully by a transplanting 

 into other boxes and new, fresh soil, allowing at 

 the same time a sufficiently great space between 

 seedlings for spread and thrifty growth. Large 

 greenhouse plants. Palms, Rubber-trees, Azaleas, 

 Oleanders, Orange trees, and specimen plants in 

 large pots or tubs are transplanted when appear- 

 ance indicates absolute need of it, often but once 

 in two or three years. Occasional doses of 

 liquid manure will uphold vigor and health and 

 render needless frequent disturbance of roots 

 and unwieldy bulk of pot or tub. It is the 

 young, rapidly advancing plant that is most 

 benefited by a transplanting from pot to pot be- 

 fore ever its roots, form a solid ball. 



