96 Keport of the Botanist. 



applicable. It should also be borne in mind that transplanting 

 has the same effect as a rotation of crops in starving out smut. 



The rotation of crops, too, is worthy of consideration. Surely 

 the onion crop is not the only one that can be profitably grown on 

 the " meadows " in Orange County. Such soil is admirably 

 adapted to the growth of celery, and to other plants. It seems 

 advisable for onion growers in that section to develop the culture 

 of some other crops to be grown in rotation with onions. 



