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at the Naval Academy at Leghorn, where 500 

 boys had their daily drilling, and all sorts of 

 games. It was obvious to think that if Lippia 

 had done so well in Italy it ought to do the 

 same in California. From the Director of 

 the Botanic Garden in Rome I secured by 

 mail a small tin box of Lippia plants (less 

 than 12 ounces weight). Now, after six years, 

 there are hundreds and hundreds of acres 

 planted with Lippia, between California, 

 Arizona, Mexico, and Australia, and it all 

 came out of that small tin box. And had it not 

 been for the celebration of the centennial of 

 the great Napoleon, probably this humble 

 plant would still grow, little known and un- 

 appreciated, only on the coast of Corsica and 

 other points along the Mediterranean." 



The following are the cultural directions 

 for establishing lawns of this plant: 



Have your ground well worked and pul- 

 verised, levelled, and rolled if possible. No 

 manure recommended. 



Lippia seeds very sparingly or not at all. 

 Anyhow, the best and quickest way to propa- 

 gate it is by planting small sods (two square 

 inches) at a distance of about one, or two, or 

 more feet apart. The closer it is planted 



