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premature starting of the buds in the spring. Nursery stock may beplaced in temporary nursery rows, either by keeping the plants tied inoriginal bundles as taken from the packing boxes, or by taking theindividual plants from each bundle and heeling them in separately.The latter method is the safer and is the one to be adopted if plantsare to remain in these temporary nursery rows for a period longer thanten days or two weeks. When stock is "heeled-in" in bundles, aspecial effort should be made to get the fine topsoil worked into the airspaces among the roots of the plants in each bundle. Permitting theair to reach the roots in the middle of the bundle because this precau-tion is not taken, is one of the most frequent sources of injury. Thebest method to adopt to be certain that fine soil is worked in among theroots is to thoroughly water the plants when they are "heeled-in"and to make sure that the water leaves no roots suspended in air.When individual plants are placed in temporary nursery rows, wherethey are to remain for a period longer than three or four weeks, theyshould be spaced not closer than twelve inches, or even farther apartfor the larger shrubs, to eliminate injury from crowding as soon as thenew growth begins (See Plate VI).