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uring transit
a nd frost
and this refers more particularly to the root sy stem
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The method of p
r ing w h ich the plants are in transit
time du
h e climate to which they are exposed
t
the more carefully mus t the pl
B all plants possess al r eady a good p r otection in the lump
of earth in which the roots a
occupying not more than one d
close together to prevent their drying and the earth f
being shaken
over long distances
lants without a ball of earth should at once b e protected
This is best done by dipping the roots immediately afte
into soft mud
should then be tied together in bundles of convenien
transpo
than one day
r ows
bar
carts or waggon s
roots being surrounded by
earth
If the weather is dry an d the sun shining
may al so be p
mo ss or grass used to cover th
r ocess may be repeated from time to time du r ing t r ansit
this p
If the transpo
tion s are necessary
bound together into large packag
so that the roots are all on one end
grass
and then secured by
is covered with m
plants
two layers a
centre and the c
in this manner keep fresh for a week
a cked t h at n o heating takes place
p
TI F I
I AL FORMA T I ON
AR
P RO T
I ON
plants m ust be protected against d
exposure Often su
r otection depend s on the kind of plants
nly in rare c
the cost being too great
which form s a thin laye
r t over short distances
the bundles should be placed in baskets
r ovided
to prevent the drying up of the foliage
r t extend s over sev
The small bundles a
a tting
r e packed toget h er with
r owns outwa r d s on both sides
PL AN
ces to kill the fine
a nts be protected
r e imbedd ed
a y
the balls should be packed
a ses are such plants carried
which occupies not mo
according to ci
or imb
dd
m should be moistened
r al day s
s
by a
well wrapped
i
hes
In the case
O OD
I N TR
I
N
the species
h e d r ier t h e l a tte r
t
r over them
r cumstances
d in
moss
some cove
r the r
fu
r e
in t
rr anging the plants
h e whol
T
r middle
sm all o
r oots in t h e
P lants packed
provided they are so
r ying
r r oo ts
the
and
r ansport
t
r om
r lifting
the plants
size
r e
h
w
el
the
grass
or
r
and
h at case
moss
package
sized
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