LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxiii 



FIGURE PAGE 



147. Pressing earth about roots with dibber .... 242 

 148-151. Successive operations in potting plants . . 243-244 



152. Device for starting growth in trees ..... 245 



153. A poorly-potted plant 246 



154. A well-potted plant 246 



155. A poorly-shifted plant .... . . . 246 



156. Proper place to cut in pruning ...... 250 



157. Proper method of removing large branches in pruning . 250 



158. Pruning to an outside or inside bud ..... 250 



159. Pruning for symmetry 252 



160. Raspberry cane rendered stocky by pruning . . . 253 



161. Raspberry cane not pruned ....... 254 



162. Method of disbudding shoots in some conifers . . . 255 



163. Dense growth promoted by pinching out terminal buds . 255 



164. Unpruned apple tree 256 



165. Apple tree pruned to open head ...... 257 



166. Branches of fruit tree tied together by grafting . . .258 



167. Sear's pruning-saw 262 



168. Perfection pruning-saw 262 



169. Pruning-knife 262 



170. All-steel pruning-shears 262 



171. Hedge shears 263 



172. Lever shears 263 



173. Pole shears 263 



174. Raspberry hook . . . 263 



175. Instruments for crossing plants 271 



176. Emasculated flower inclosed in sack . . . . . 271 



177. Device for weighing and determining volume of seeds . 276 



