ON THE WATSONIA 



In the spring the choicest appearing plants 

 are transplanted singly into rows. The ones that 

 are not quite so choice are set out in the mass, by 

 breaking up the soil into squares holding fifty to 

 one hundred plants, all being planted in the open 

 field, and by fall are ready to transplant into rows 

 for testing. 



A still more rapid method is to sprout the seed 

 in moist sand at the proper season in the fall, just 

 as the rains commence, sowing them quite thickly 

 in drills eight inches apart and an inch deep in 

 sandy soil, half the covering being sawdust. Scat- 

 ter a few weeds over the surface to keep the winter 

 winds and heavy rains from removing the saw- 

 dust. 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 individually. At 



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