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SEEDING AND PLANTING 



Species of Eucalyptus and occasionally other trees with fine, 

 delicate seed are sometimes sown in ordinary gardener's flats or 

 boxes. The flats should be at least 4 inches deep and filled with 

 a good quality of nursery soil. The seed is usually sown broad- 



Photograph by U. S. Forest Service ' 



FIG. 78. Blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) growing under cover in flats 

 or shallow boxes. Near Santa Monica, California. 



cast and a light covering of sand sifted over the top. Ample seed 

 should be used to assure a full stand. Seedlings started in flats 

 are usually pricked out into other flats when a few months old 

 where they are grown until required for planting (Fig. 78). Seeds 



