8 BULLETIN 962, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
and extending beyond the sphagnum ribbon. They may be spread 
three or four or more deep, also in a ribbon, on the packing mate- 
rial. When all the seedling plants have been arranged and covered 
with a similar layer of sphagnum, the whole may,be rolled up tight, 
the paper being tightly folded about the bottom and loosely folded 
around the top. The package should then be tied and packed in a 
strong container, so that it can not move. (Fig. 4.) Thus handled, 
the seedlings can be transported cheaply to any part of the country. 
TRANSFER TO THE FIELD. 
If the seed of the Easter lily is sown about the 1st of January and 
potted in early March the plants will be ready to go into the open 
Easter lily seedlings in second leaf, showing the method of packing adopted 
for shipment by mail. 
Fie, 4. 
ground in late April or early May, or when they will be safe from 
any inclement weather. They are then knocked out of the pots and 
planted without disturbing the ball of earth. There seems to be no 
checking of growth, the plants taking hold of the ground with no 
loss of time. ios 
When handled as stated, the 2-inch pots are well filled with roots 
by the time the plants go into the field. It is therefore possible to 
knock the plants out and carry them to the field in flats, from which 
they are set with a trowel. 
