THE RAISING OF PLANTS 



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case of nursery-grown plants, where seeds are sown 

 direcfll)' out-of-doors, the 3'oung seedHngs start very 

 slowly, are very tender during their early growth, and 



FIG. 13 — ONE-YEAR-OLD fOT-GROWN ASPARAGUS PLANT 



if the weather is unfavorable they hardly become well 

 established before autumn. ' ' 



Fig. 13 shows a one-year-old plant started in Feb- 

 ruary in the greenhouse and transplanted to the field 

 the first of May. Plants grov/n in this way reach as 

 good size in one year as the nursery-grown plants 

 usually do in three years. 



