THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS 123 
particularly if the plant has several leaves and if it has not been 
grown in a pot, and also if the transplanting is done in warm 
weather. Figure 128 shows a good treatment for transplanted 
plants. Wrth the foliage all left on, the plants are likely to 
behave as in the upper row; but with most of it cut off, as in the 
lower row, there is little wilting, and new leaves soon start. 
Figure 129 also shows what part of the leaves may be cut off on 
transplanting. If the ground is freshly turned and the trans- 
planting is well done, it rarely will he necessary to water the 
129. Where to shear 130. Trowel 131. The dibber. 132. Home- 
the tops of young dibber. made pad- 
plants. ded dibber. 
plants; but if watering is necessary, it should be done at night- 
fall, and the surface should be loosened the next morning or 
as soon as it becomes dry. 
In the transplanting of young plants, some kind of a dibber 
should be used to make the holes. Dibbers make holes without 
removing any of the earth. A good form of dibber is shown in 
Fig. 130, which is like a flat or plane trowel. Many persons pre- 
fer a cylindrical and conical dibber, like that shown in Fig. 131. 
For hard soils and larger plants, a strong dibber may be made 
from a limb that has a right-angled branch to serve as a handle. 
This handle may be softened by slipping a piece of rubber hose 
on it (Fig. 132). A long iron dibber, which may also be used as 
a crow-bar, is shown in Fig. 133. In transplanting with the 
dibber, a hole is first made by a thrust of the tool, and the earth 
