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are necessary in the operation. They are made 

 of a piece of best tin plate, eighteen inches 

 by twelve, bent into the form of a cylinder, 

 or tube, twelve inches long. The two edges 

 that meet are not soldered together, but mounted 

 with counter, or rather alternate placed, loops, 

 which range with each other when the tube is 

 closed to admit a wire to pass through them, 

 thereby connecting the whole securely together. 

 On the sides, at the upper end, two substantial 

 wrought-iron handles are riveted, and which 

 serve to press the tube into the soil containing 

 the plant to be moved. It is then drawer up, 

 plant and earth attached, without disturbing the 

 roots. When this is discharged in its new place 

 (and which is ready opened by the other instru- 

 ment), the connecting wire is draw^n out of the 

 loops, which allows the tube to spring open a 

 little, and easily to quit its charge. 



There is another and easier plan, practised by 

 florists, for iilhng up gaps in their show-bed. 

 Phials of water are sunk below the surface in the 

 vacant spaces, and flowers only Irom the borders 



