when fhey all, so as not to disturb the seedlinge . 



n early start at the weeds wilj great og in 



this phase of the Lasl ns plants 



uee tilings were neglected for severe! watte during tfe* 

 construction of the new water-ditch. I'he spring, "being 

 an unusually wet one, "brought oir undance of 



v/eeds, result t the upper hand the 



entire set son, even though five men were at work all 

 summer, endeavoring to catch up on the ?/eeding and 

 cultivation. check on this stetappnt is stoown by 

 the faot that 1 started on a "block of 50 48 -foot yellow 

 pine beds i & soon .s weeds began to appear. Sfhis arwth 



11 v/eees in lest' than ; n hour once a week. 



j- special effort should be made to keep the 

 timothy, clover and weeds along the ditches mowed down 

 before they go to see , is the ditches carry large unounts 

 of seed into the nursery. 



A riddance of weec MP ^long the borders 



of the area tntl in the t only lessens the source 



from which foreign seed nay be carried into the planted 

 areas, but gives a clean-cut i ce to the beds and 



transplant ro^.u. p ;i*ig of t 3 within a foot 



of the sti-jQcs impresses one garden out out of the 



glee. 



For weeding the paths in the seed jfofts eleven- 

 inoh, one sided sweeps of the Planet Junior hand toolc 

 were tried out this summer ana found to be very satis- 

 factory. 



