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frequency may be regulated according to the 

 abundance and tbe pernatenoe of the enemy. 



All in aU« it ia a severe gauntlet that the little 

 leedling is called upon to pass. Vet if tbe 

 methods descnbed in this chapter are carefully 

 followed out, it is possible to grow successfully 

 any seed, from whatever climate or soil or loca- 

 tion, that baa the least germ of life within it 



These methods have been successfully used 

 with the seeds I am constantly receiving from 

 numerous collectors in Siberia, Brazil, Chile, Ar- 

 gentina. Patagonia, Mexico, Central America, 

 the Pliilippine Islands, Alaska, British Columbia, 

 north and south Africa. Europe, India, South 

 Sea Islands, Australi.. Zealand, central and 



western China, Japan, and Korea. 



By sedulous attention to tbe details above out- 

 lined, the raising of seedlings becomes so certain 

 a procedure that the lots should not exceed one 

 plant in a thousand. And this, obviously, is a 

 most important consideration, especially with rare 

 foreign seeds or seeds produced by hybridizing 

 experiments tliat have involved exceptional care 

 and labor. To such priceless stock, any amount 

 of time and labor may be given ungrudgingly. 

 And even in planting common nurserj- stock one 

 soon learns that a thorough knowledge of the re- 

 quirements of the plants is essential to success. 



