Transplanting. 



235 



(186), to Avhich recently-transplanted trees are especially 



liable; as the evaporation stream (78) is much reduced, 



the bark tends to become unduly heated. 



411. Devices for Transplanting. With young trees and 



plants, that possess abundant vigor, rapidity of planting 



^is often of greater im- 

 portance than the ob- 

 servance of 

 precise rules. 

 In this case, 

 that method is 

 best which se- 

 cures a given 

 number of 

 transpla n t e d 

 and vigorous- 

 1 y-g r o w i n g 

 plants at the 



Fig. 139. 



Fig. 140 



Fig. 141. 



Fig. 189. Flat steel dibber, (one-sixth natural size). 



Fig. 140. Tool for planting root grafts and cuttings 

 (mueh reduced). 



Fig. 141. Richards' transplanting tools, made by F. least COSt. The 

 Richards, Freeport, X. Y. , i i- 



transplanting 

 devices shown in Figs. 139-141, inclusive, aid greatly in 

 accomplishing this end. 



The dibher (Fig. 139) is perhaps, aside from the spade, 

 the most A^aluable single tool for transplanting. It is 

 used for opening the hole to receive the roots of small 

 plants, as cabbage, celery, onions etc., and for pressing 

 earth about the roots; it answers equally well for plant- 

 ing cuttings and root grafts. The manner of using it 

 appears in Figs. 143 and 144. 



Fig. 140 shows a very convenient tool for planting root 

 grafts and cuttings. It consists of six steel dibbers, at- 

 tached in a line to a piece of scantling, at the distance 



