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carried until they have reached a hight of ten or twelve inches, when they are 

 ready to go out into the field. 



M. Clement Nabonnand of Cannes, France, a noted rosarian and horticultur- 

 ist, who has been very successful in raising the Feijoa, and to whom I am indebted 

 for much valuable information, gives the following account of his method: "Pro- 

 vide some good leaf mold, preferably that gathered under trees in the forest. It 

 must be thoroughly decomposed. Mix the leaf mold with equal parts of clean 

 sand, and sow the seeds upon this compost, covering them to a depth of three- 

 eighths or one-fourth of an inch, with the same material. Either boxes or clay 

 pans may be used, and they should be placed in glass-covered frames, quite close 



Figure 93. A large Feijoa at Golfe-Juan, France. On the left, M. Clement 

 Nabonnand, one of the noted rosarians and horticulturists of Southern France; 

 on the right, M. Amalberti, Dr. Andre's head gardener. 



to the glass. It is necessarj'^ to have the glass whitewashed so that the young 

 plants will not be burned. See that the soil is constantly kept slightly moist. 

 Do not raise the sash until after the seeds have germinated." 



By Cuttings: From the many attempts which have been made to propagate 

 the Feijoa from cuttings there have been varying results. But judging from the 

 sum of past experience, it will be no more difficult to grow this plant from cuttings 

 than it is many other hard-wooded shrubs which are commonly propagated by this 

 means. In many of the Botanic Gardens in Europe the Feijoa is considered not 

 at all difficult to grow from cuttings, and several of the French gardeners have 

 also been very successful. In California several attempts to root cuttings have 

 resulted unsuccessfully, but this would imply a lack of proper knowledge on the 



