LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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136 Young Apple Root Graft . . . .160 



137 Graft Wrapping Machine .... 161 



138 Grafters' or Budders' Kit . . . . 161 



139 Digging Large Trees for Shipment . . . 162 



140 Cutting on Dahlia Tuber . . . .164 



141 Swellings Due to Graftage .... 165 



142 Bordeaux Mixing for Small Nursery . . 166 



143 Handy Style of Tree Caliper . . . .167 



144 Why Root Pruning Is Desirable . . .168 



145 Tree Digger at Work in Pear Nursery Row 170 



146 Wire Protector Against Mice and Rabbits . 172 



147 Bundles of Cions for Shipment . . . 173 



148 Planting a Burlapped Evergreen . . . 174 



149 Heeling-in Trees for \\'inter Storage . . 177 



150 Peach Pit Planter 178 



151 Graft Planting 179 



152 Nursery Tree Digger ..... 179 



153 Moving Large Trees ..... 180 



154 Transplanting in Loose Soil .... 181 



155 Herbaceous Grafting and Budding . . . 182 



156 Hand Method of Planting Nursery Stock . 184 



157 Grape Grafting ...... 185 



158 Negro ^^"omen Are Largely Employed in 



Southern Nurseries ..... 187 



159 Stages in Grafted Apple Tree Production . 188 



160 Large Trees Are Conveniently Handled by 



Truck ' . 190 



161 Spading in Nurserv Stock .... 192 



162 First Pruning of Budded Tree . . .193 



163 Street Tree Specifications .... 194 



164 Trimming an Ornamental Tree for Form . . 197 



165 Bundle of Whole Root Grafts . . . .198 



166 Grafted Chestnut Bearing at Two Years . . 199 



167 "Sprouting" Budded Nursery Stock . . 201 



168 Three Unusual Styles of Grafting . . .202 



169 Unpacking and Heeling-in Nursery Stock . 203 



170 Bark Grafting in ^^arious Stages . . . 205 



