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from each mother plant, two in the row between the mother 

 plants and one on each side of the mother plant and op- 

 posite to it. Then one runner is layered from each of these 

 four in order to complete the outside rows. Occasionally 



Fig. 4. — Triple hedge-row. (Sometimes called double hedge-row.) 



it is made by bedding but two runners from each mother 

 plant ; these are set at an angle so as to make two outside 

 rows. Again, if the mother plants have been set far apart 

 and the variety has short-jointed runners, four runners 

 may be bedded from every plant like an X, the mother 

 plant being in the center. The distinguishing feature of 



Fig, 5. — Spaced row. 



this method is that there are one, two or three rows of 

 aligned and spaced hand-set plants. 



Spaced row. 



This differs from the triple hedge-row chiefly in the 

 matter of alignment (Fig. 5) . No attempt is made to keep 



