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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS | 
May, tgit 
Opal-Glass-Lined 
Oak Refrigerator 
Freight Prepaid from Factory g¢ 
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The Wickes 
New Constructed No. 230 
is made of solid oak, to Jast a lifetime—perfectly joined and beautifully ¥@ 
» finished. The food compartment and door are lined throughout with [ee 
OPAL GLASS, 7-16 inch thick. Our exclusive construction gives you ‘ 
double refrigeration \r m every pound of ice. Opal glass makes the Q 
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The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. 
293 Wabash Avenue, Chicago (Established Over 60 Years) 29-35 W. 32d St., New York 
We prepay the freight from factory to every point East of the Rockies. 
est of the Rockies only the freight from Denver is added. 
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THE J. L. Morr IRON Works 
1828 EIGHTY YEARS OF SUPREMACY 1911 
FIFTH AVE. and SEVENTEENTH ST., NEW YORK 
TRANSPLANTING 
By IDA D. BENNETT 
O insure the successful transplant- 
ing of any form of plant life, 
whether from  hot-beds,  cold- 
frame, flats in the house or the mere 
shifting of place in the garden, it is essen- 
tial that the ground be thoroughly pre- 
pared and in the best of condition. Mere 
stirring or ploughing of the soil is not 
enough; it should be ploughed, if a gar- 
den, spaded if flower beds and then 
dragged and raked again and again until 
the soil is thoroughly pulverized and 
free from hard lumps, weeds, roots and 
large stones. This requires the going- 
over of the grounds in all directions sev- 
eral times, but it is work and time well 
expended, as upon this mechanical con- 
dition of the soil will depend in a great 
measure, the availability of the plant 
food it contains and its power to retain 
moisture. Soil left in poor tilth parts 
with its moisture rapidly and is much 
more seriously affected by drought later |. 
in the season. 
Furthermore, the care of a_ garden 
planted in well-prepared soil is much less 
than when this part of the work is 
slighted; the use of the rake does away 
with a multitude of weeds, which, were 
the culture less close, would escape 
notice and this continued use of the rake 
in the garden throughout the season will 
give wonderful results in the eradication 
of weeds. 
It is not desirable—at least in the case 
of the flower garden, though with a well 
stocked hot-bed to draw on, it is well to 
make the most of the season by plant- 
ing a few early things, which may be 
readily replaced if the frost catches them 
—to set out tender plants until danger 
of hard frost is passed; this time will 
vary with the latitude, the season: and 
various conditions, which will be clear to 
the resident of any particular locality. 
All stock to be set out should be in prime 
condition—having been hardened off for 
a week or more previous to transplant- 
ing and should have been thoroughly 
watered the night before. Transplanting 
should, preferably, be done in the fore- 
noon while yet the plants are fresh from 
their night’s sleep. Everything should be 
in readiness for the work before a plant 
is lifted from the hot-bed and only as 
many plants should be taken up at a 
time as can be safely gotten into the 
ground before they wilt. 
The state of the weather will have 
much to do with the handling of plants, 
as on some days they will move with 
little or no wilting, while on hot, humid 
days the greatest care is needed to pre- 
serve their freshness until they can be 
gotten into the ground. Generally speak- 
ing, a clear, bright day gives best results 
in transplanting and a hot, muggy one 
the poorest; morning is to be preferred to 
evening for the work for the reason that 
the hot sun and dry air preserve the dust 
mulch, which should surround every 
newly set plant, while the dew of eve- 
ning tends to draw the moisture to the 
surface of the soil, destroying the dust 
mulch, which would then have to be re- 
placed by the hoe or trowel the following | 
morning. 
In lifting plants from flats or from the 
hot-beds, care should be taken not to 
break or in any way injure the roots. I 
have seen gardeners grasp a handful of 
plants by their tops and pull them bodily — 
from the soil, leaving most of the fibrous 
root-system in the ground. This should 
never be done; instead, the trowel should 
