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inch deep in sandy soil, half the covering being 

 sawdust. Scatter a few weeds over the surface 

 to keep the winter winds and heavy rains from 

 removing the sawdust. Early in the spring the 

 young Watsonia seedlings come up as lustily as 

 blue grass on a lawn. 



Those that do not make a strong growth are 

 allowed to stand thickly in the row another year, 

 when they can be removed and planted. 



For field culture, they should be planted four 

 inches apart in rows four feet apart, being set 

 quite deeply that they may resist the summer 

 droughts. 



Of course the more careful method first sug- 

 gested is desirable if we are to raise plants of 

 the finest quality. You also get results a year 

 or two earlier by handling the plants individu- 

 ally. At the same time you insure the produc- 

 tion of a plant from each seed, while when the 

 plants are handled in a mass a good many of 

 them no doubt fall by the wayside. 



When treated according to the first method, 

 many of the plants mature in the second year, 

 and all of them in the third, so that they can be 

 fully tested in that period. Moreover by the 

 third year each bulb has developed quite a nest 

 of bulbs about it, from each of which a new 

 plant may be grown. 



