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in the boxes before placing the latter in 

 position. 



PLANTING IN BASKETS 



In natural ponds where the bottoms are 

 too soft to allow one to enter them, planting is 

 accomplished by means . of baskets. The 

 tubers or plants are placed in the soil-filled 

 receptacle, which is then lowered into posi- 

 tion by means of a rope passed under the 

 handle and held by two men on opposite sides 

 of the pond. The basket soon falls to pieces 

 and the roots easily find their way into the 

 bottom soil. Only hardy species should be 

 set out in such ponds since the roots cannot 

 be recovered in the fall, and tender ones 

 would be lost entirely. 



MAKING THE COMPOST 



The best soil for use in the boxes or tubs 

 must be a heavy sod-soil mixed with well- 

 rotted cow manure in proportions of three to 



