CAUTIONS IN TRANSPLANTING. 149 



them, or by slipping off pieces of the plant, 

 which may be either potted or planted in the 

 borders. This work will depend, of course, on 

 the state of the weather. Should there have 

 been no rain, and the ground be hard and dry, 

 it must be deferred to a fitter time, as also 

 transplanting into the borders the seedling 

 biennials and perennials which were sown in 

 the spring. 



When you transplant under a burning sun, 

 before the plant can recover, the sun takes 

 away the moisture, and the plant either dies, or 

 is so long recovering, that the season passes 

 away before it is able to produce its ; flowers. 

 In case , you should be unavoidably obliged to 

 transplant in hot weather, shade the root with 

 a garden pot, which should be taken off at 

 night, that the plant may have the benefit of the 

 dew. When a plant which is too large to be 



