. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 128 MANUAL OF GARDENING devices already described (Figs. 113-120); or in large areas, the place may be staked out. In planting orchards, the area is laid out (preferably by a surveyor) with two or more rows of stakes so placed that a man may sight from one fixed point to 140. Device for placing the tree. another. Two or three men work to best advantage in such planting. There are various devices for locating the place of the stake after the stake
. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 128 MANUAL OF GARDENING devices already described (Figs. 113-120); or in large areas, the place may be staked out. In planting orchards, the area is laid out (preferably by a surveyor) with two or more rows of stakes so placed that a man may sight from one fixed point to 140. Device for placing the tree. another. Two or three men work to best advantage in such planting. There are various devices for locating the place of the stake after the stake has been removed and the hole dug, in case the area is not regularly staked out in such a way that sight- ing across the area may be employed. One of the sim- plest is shown in Fig. 139. It is a narrow and thin board with a notch in the center and a peg in either end, one of the pegs being stationary. The implement is so placed "^^Sr/"-" — that the notch meets the 1 stake, then one end of it is 141. Lining a tree from a stake. thrOWn OUt of the Way Until the hole is dug. When the implement is brought again to its original position, the notch marks the place of the stake and the tree. Figure 140 is a device with a lid, in the end of which is a notch to mark the place of the stake. This hd is thrown back, as shown by the dotted hues, when the hole is being dug. Figure 141 shows a method of bringing trees in row by measuring from a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan Co.
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