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lettuce or tomato it is usually convenient 
to open up a drill witli the plow attach¬ 
ment of the wheel-hoe, cross-mark it to 
show plainly where the plants are to be 
set, drop the manure or fertilizer at the 
proper point and cover in again with the 
hand hoe or the plows, reversed, on the 
wheel-hoe before proceeding to set the 
plants. In setting out flowers, the hole 
can be made, a little fertilizer can be 
dropped in and mixed thoroughly with 
the soil with the trowel, and the plants 
set afterwards in these spots before they 
have dried out and while the soil is still 
moist enough to make them easily dis¬ 
cernible. 
One of the chief things to be guarded 
against in the transplanting either of 
vegetable plants or of flowers is the ex¬ 
posure of the earth and ball of roots to 
the sun and wind; it is therefore best, 
whenever possible, to do the work late in 
the afternoon or on a cloudy day; when 
this cannot be managed, take out and 
drop into the soil only a few plants at a 
time, and get them in as soon as pos¬ 
sible. Never attempt to pull your plants 
either from the seed bed or from flats, 
but take up a number together with trans¬ 
planting fork or trowel and break them 
apart with as little injury to the roots as 
possible, or cut them out with a knife. 
If the leaves are large and succulent trim 
them back about a half, as this will do a 
great deal to keep the plants from wilt¬ 
ing after they are set, which is very un¬ 
desirable. If the weather or the soil is 
exceptionally dry it may be necessary to 
take the extra precautions when planting 
of putting a pint or so of water into 
each hole previous to setting the plants 
in; it does little or no good to pour water 
on the surface after the plants are set. 
With the fingers of one hand, or with 
the trowel or dibber, if the earth is 
packed, make a hole large enough to con¬ 
veniently take the ball of earth and roots, 
and placing the plant into it so that it will 
go deep enough and be covered half way 
or so up the stem; pack the earth down 
carefully against it with the thumbs and 
the knuckles of either hand, so that it 
will stand up straight and stiff; a plant 
that looks top heavy or at all wobbly is 
not set right. In moist soil and in good 
weather this firming with the hands will 
be enough ; but, unless all conditions are 
favorable, it is safest to go back over the 
rows and firm the plants into the soil still 
further by compacting the earth with the 
balls "of the feet, placing one on either 
side. After the plants are set out, go 
over the patch with the iron rake and 
rake the surface off clean and level, 
which will not only make a much better¬ 
looking job, but "will also destroy any 
sprouting weed seeds and leave the sur¬ 
face with that fine, dry soil mulch which 
is so much to be desired. 
These instructions apply also to the 
numerous little jobs of replanting which 
have to be attended to in the spring. 1 he 
hardy perennials are increased by “di- 
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