. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. 248 Principles of Plant Culture. distance. They are especially useful for transplanting strawberry plants during summer and autumn. These tools and also the Baldridge trans- planter enable the plant to be read- ily lifted with . a cylinder of earth. Fin. ]-12. Dcmis Transplanter, made by jMadison Plow Madison, Wis. and replanted in a hole just large enough to rei-civo the latter. Fig. 142 shows a successful machine for planting to- bacco, cabba
. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. 248 Principles of Plant Culture. distance. They are especially useful for transplanting strawberry plants during summer and autumn. These tools and also the Baldridge trans- planter enable the plant to be read- ily lifted with . a cylinder of earth. Fin. ]-12. Dcmis Transplanter, made by jMadison Plow Madison, Wis. and replanted in a hole just large enough to rei-civo the latter. Fig. 142 shows a successful machine for planting to- bacco, cabbage, strawberry and other low, herbaceous plants. It plants these as rapidly as two boys can de- liver them to it in the proper position, and waters the soil about the roots at the same time. 412. Potting and Shifting. Potting is the act of planting plants in greenhouse pots. The pots should be clean and are usually dipped in water before receiving the plants, until they have ab- sorbed as much of the liquid as they will take without leaving any upon the surface. Rooted cuttings are generally potted in pots one and one-half to two inches in diameter, and the plants are changed to larger pots {shifted) as the roots .reqxiire more room. Pots three inches or more in diameter Mro commonly filled one-. 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 Goff, E. S. (Emmett Stull), 1852-1902. Madison, Wis. University Co-operative Co.
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