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crowding earth about them with the ordinary dibber. 

 Fig. 144 shows a set of transplanting tools, useful in 

 removing a limited number of plants that are not closely 

 crowded and that need to be carried but a short distance. 

 They are especially useful for transplanting strawberry 

 plants during summer and autumn. These tools enable 

 the plant to be readily lifted with 

 a cylinder of earth and replanted 



Fig. 146. 



Showing manner of using the dibber in planting. 



Fig. 146. — Inserting roots in the hole opened by dibber. 



Fig. 147. — Pressing earth about roots with the' dibber. 



in a hole just large enough to receive the latter. Fig. 

 145 shows a successful machine for planting tobacco, 

 cabbage and other low, herbaceous plants. It plants 

 these as rapidly as two boys can deliver 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 



