. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Fig. 1941 will t the plant should look i Repotting, when details with potliim' its, It time to do it, even wifli s|,r. Carefully remove all the- (.!â so as not to injure the root best implement for the purpose.' Then replace as care fully with newmaterial in a clean pot. The undersig
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Fig. 1941 will t the plant should look i Repotting, when details with potliim' its, It time to do it, even wifli s|,r. Carefully remove all the- (.!â so as not to injure the root best implement for the purpose.' Then replace as care fully with newmaterial in a clean pot. The undersigned lescribe how pntical in it)s is the best r in the fall. iier material, pointed stick being the well netted with roots as in Fig. 1943, and particularly if most of them have lost the fresh creamy white color of healthy "working" roots, then the plant must be at once shifted, or it will .soon reach that stage which is the bane of the careless plant - grower; viz., "pot- ; " Knocking out" is the technical term used by florists to describe the turning of a plant out of a pot. The best wav to do this is to take the pot in the right hand, invert it in passing it to the left, as the plant should be I lie index and middle fingers of the left liand, uivc ilif a smart tap on its rim on the edge the binrh and tlie ballot soil is separated from the pot; place tin plant ill a Hat ready for the purpose, and repeat. On.' lap i- all ihat is necessary in ninety nine cases out ..t a i. d. 11 is liad practice to get into the habit of Kivin;.' a ^. ..I taps, as it makes slow work. We are ,~ now the first shift, i. e., from a Til. been knocked out, the next opera- tion is ti. "shuuhler" them. This consists of removing the or edge of the ball of soil with the thumb and foretingerdown to where the roots begin. Fig. 19-14. The object of this is obvious, to remove leached-out soil and supply a
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