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PRINCIPLES OF PLANT CULTURE 



of the different ingredients used vary with different 

 plants and the character of the soil supplied with the 

 rotted sods. The soil should be moderately moist, and 

 should be closely pressed about the roots. The details 

 of potting are shown in Figs. 148 to 151. 



Shifting is the changing of a plant from one pot to a 

 larger one. Plants in small pots are generally shifted 



FIG. 150. Placing the roots of the 

 plant against the soil in the pot 

 with the left hand, he takes an- 

 other handful of soil with the 

 right hand. 



FIG. 151. He fills the remaining 

 space in the pot with soil and 

 presses it down with the thumbs, 

 tapping the pot gently upon 

 the bench in the meantime. 



as often as their roots begin to crowd, and the shifting is 

 continued as long as further growth is expected. When 

 bloom is desired, the pots are permitted to become filled 

 with roots (135). 



The pots into which plants are to be shifted should 

 be prepared as directed for potting. A little potting 

 soil is placed in the bottom of the pot, or over the drain- 

 age material, after which the plant to be shifted is tipped 

 out of its pot, by inverting the latter, placing the hand 



