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will be stunted^ or will fall off without ex¬ 
panding. 
Transplanting.—The points to be attended 
to in transplanting, are—pare in taking up, 
to avoid injuring the spongioles of the roots; 
planting firmly to enable the plant to take 
a secure hold of the soil; shading to prevent 
the evaporation from the leaves from being 
greater than the plant in its enfeebled state 
can support; and watering that it may be 
abundantly supplied with food in its new 
abode. The first point is to avoid injuring 
the roots, and it is only necessary to consi¬ 
der the construction and uses of these most 
important organs to perceive how impossible 
it is for the plant to thrive, unless they are 
in a perfectly healthy state. Roots generally 
consist of two parts; the main roots which 
are intended to act as grappling irons to 
enable the plants to take a firm hold of the 
ground, and the fibrous roots which are in¬ 
tended to supply the plant with nourishment. 
These fibrous roots are most liable to re¬ 
ceive injury from transplanting, as they are 
covered with a very fine cellular integument, 
so delicate in its texture as to be very easily 
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