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transplant bed, lias an average rate in the field; but the May 30 and June 

 20 units reverse their positions with respect to the horizontal average 

 lines. The planting out of the stock has evidently caused a somewhat 



Apr so May/. Maj'9 MaySO Ma/JO June I2 June/3 JuneJO July l4 

 T/mci of Transplanting 

 Fig. 7. — Increase in height of seedlings transplanted at different dates. 



general rearrangement of growth rates in which the later lots tend to 

 overtake the earlier ones, this rearrangement being accentuated after a 

 second season in the field. The inferiority of the May 20 plants has 



