STATISTICS OF OVERCROWDING 



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ever have developed into a full-sized individual on account of 

 the overshadowing from the parent tree. 



In a weedy bit of lawn, where the grass had largely been 

 killed by trampling and other disturbing causes, the writer 

 found on June 9 plants at the rate of 1032 to the square 

 foot as follows : 



Plantain (Plantayo Ruyelii} . 



Grass (various species) 



Knotgrass (Polygonum arioiJarr) 

 Sorrel (Oxalis corniculata var. alricta) . 



811 



200 



18 



3 



1032 



A 



B 



FIG. 349. Effect of competition on radishes 



Both plants were grown from the same seed and in the same soil, planted at the 

 same time. A was one of a lot standing so close together that their tap roots 

 nearly touched one another; B had several square feet of ground to itself. 

 About one-quarter natural size 



