Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Blue Hills Nurseries, 1928 Most of the nursery stock that fails to grow is not properly planted or cared for after planting. Care must be given the plant to insure its growth. Water should be used once or twice a week in liberal quantities and frequent loosening of the soil about the plant is essential. Plants received without soil on the roots should have their top trimmed back to of the new wood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.