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The area may be planted in regular lines if roughness of the site 

 does not prevent it, but if land is broken by stumps, rocks, etc., it may 

 be necessary to distribute the plants wherever possible. The more regu- 

 lar the planting is done the easier it will be to find and protect the plant 

 against being overtopped by weeds, etc. Also dead plants may be easily 

 located and replaced. It will be easier to properly distribute the planting 

 material over the area where regular lines are followed. The following 



Fig. 15 — Two methods of spacing plants — alternate and opposite. 



diagrams illustrate two methods of regular distribution over an area. 

 Alternate distribution gives the plants more growing space than where 

 they are placed in squares. 



Method of Planting. 



Fig . 16 — Method of planting in loose soil . 



Different classes of soils present varied problems in planting work. 

 Cultivated soil which is usually good agricultural land ; light gravelly 



