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Scooped Hyacinth Bulbs . . . .79 



Bulb "Scooping" Machine . . . .80 



Sweet Potato Propagation . . . .81 



Fire-Heated Hotbed for Sweet Potato Plant 



Starting 82 



Irish Potatoes Sprouting . . . .83 



Straw Mat for Covering Hotbeds and Cold 



Frames ....... 86 



Making a Concrete Hotbed . . . .87 



"Sweat Box" for Propagating . . . .88 



Pipe Warmed Hotbed 89 



Single Light Melon Frame . . . .89 



One Light Forcing Frame . . . .90 



Hotbed "Knocked Down" to Show Construction 90 

 Glass-Covered Cutting Frame . . .91 



Sweet Potatoes and Vine . . . .91 



Two Styles of Cold Frames . . . .92 



Shifting Plants . . . . . .93 



Propagating Sheds in Florida Nursery . . 94 



Garden Flat and Plants Grown in It . . 96 



Stock Plants of Croton 97 



Propagation by Means of Cuttings . . .98 



Red Raspberry Sucker Plants . . .99 



Method of Potting 100 



Formation of Roots ..... 102 

 Odd Ways of Starting Cuttings . . .103 



Packing for Shipment ..... lOt 

 Tile-Bottomed Greenhouse Bench . . . 105 



Double Pot of Cuttings 107 



Ventilated Cutting Pot 108 



Nursery Beds 110 



Blackberry Plants Ill 



Cutting Ready for Burying .... 112 

 Transplanting Machine in Operation . . 113 



Carnation Cuttings . . . . .114 



Odd Ways of Starting Plants from Cuttings 115 

 Gooseberry Cuttings , . , , .116 



