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Bulletin 320 



above-mentioned book advises planting ten to twelve seeds in order to 

 get one plant, or lea\'ing about ten per cent of the seed to grow. In the 

 plantings at this station, one hundred seeds, except when doubtful, were 

 sown to a twenty-foot row, or one seed every two inches, and this is heavy 

 seeding. Under the latter system an ounce will plant fifty to sixty feet 

 of row and, if the seed is good, it should plant still more. 



Fig. 184. — The double-row method of planting 



Sowing in pots jor outdoor bloom. — Many English growers practice 

 sowing in pots under glass, hardening the plants in frames, and planting 

 out. From the writer's experience \vith three varieties during the year 

 under discussion, he is inclined to look on this method \vith favor, especially 

 in growing high-priced novelties or varieties for exhibition. In fact, 

 if the results of experience and observation at this station in 19 10 are to be 



