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are allowed to grow until toward spring when the 

 weather becomes warm, about the time of the 

 blooming of fruit trees, when they are ready to 

 be transplanted to the open fields. 



Some of the smallest plants raised in green- 

 houses, like calceolarias, lobelias, begonias, ferns, 

 etc., may readily be transplanted, even when they 

 can hardly be seen, by lifting them on the end of 

 a moistened quill, pencil, or small knife blade, 

 placing them on the soil which has been previously 

 moistened as before described, then covering with 

 a glass for a few days until the young plantlets 

 can get established. 



This is the quickest and best method of trans- 

 planting some of the smallest seedlings, and 

 though apparently tedious is often the most 

 speedy and profitable mode. 



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In transplanting all small seedlings, they are 

 placed in straight rows in the boxes; usually eight 

 rows with eight plants in a row in the eighteen- 

 inch boxes; but, for larger individuals, six rows 

 of six plants; or, on the other hand, ten rows of 

 ten or even twelve rows of twelve in case of the 

 smallest ones. 



After standing in the greenhouse for a week 

 or two, the boxes of seedlings are removed, 

 usually to a sheltered place out-of-doors, in order 



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