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running a ditch along them of such depth as 

 to allow of a sharp spade to be inserted under- 

 neath the roots with a little earth to spare. 

 The ground will probably be wet when this 

 takes place, but if it is not, liberal and copious 

 watering a few days beforehand will make it so. 



The soil used in well-made nurseries will be 

 found of sufficient tenacity to hang together 

 around the roots when the plant is lifted (by a 

 spade and never by the leaves). The lifted 

 plant with the soil attached is then carefully 

 set into a tray, side by side with a dozen or 

 so of others, all according to their size. 



The tray should have carrier poles and 

 flap-sides or other arrangement to uphold the 

 plants and prevent them from toppling over. 

 Two men, as a rule, carry the trays into the 

 fields alongside the holes prepared ready for 

 planting. Here the plants are carefully and 

 gently taken out and received by the man who 

 plants them at once. He places each one in 

 turn in its hole, and fills in and presses the 

 earth gently and evenly all around, stamping it 

 down firmly when all is straight and perfect. 

 To ensure the quickest, and, at the same time, 

 the best work being done, the gangs must be 

 broken up into three sets, viz., lifters in the 

 nurseries, traymen or carriers, and planters-out. 

 To do this so that each section shall be kept 

 continuously at work, some little trouble must 

 be taken to see that the right proportion of 

 men is allotted to each task, so that one set 

 is not kept waiting by the others. 



