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Principles of Plant Culture. 



distance. They are especially useful for transplanting 

 strawberry plants during summer and autumn. These 



tools and also the 

 Baldridge trans- 

 planter enable the 

 plant to be read- 

 ily lifted with . a 

 cylinder of earth 



Fin. ]-12. Dcmis Transplanter, made by jMadison Plow Co.. . 

 Madison, Wis. 



and replanted in a hole just large enough to rei-civo 

 the latter. 



Fig. 142 shows a successful machine for planting to- 

 bacco, cabbage, strawberry and other low, herbaceous 

 plants. It plants these as rapidly as two boys can de- 

 liver them to it in the proper position, and waters the 

 soil about the roots at the same time. 



412. Potting and Shifting. Potting is the act of 

 planting plants in greenhouse pots. 



The pots should be clean and are usually dipped in 

 water before receiving the plants, until they have ab- 

 sorbed as much of the liquid as they will take without 

 leaving any upon the surface. Rooted cuttings are 

 generally potted in pots one and one-half to two inches 

 in diameter, and the plants are changed to larger pots 

 {shifted) as the roots .reqxiire more room. Pots three 

 inches or more in diameter Mro commonly filled one- 



