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the plants so close together in the rows as to form hedge-like rows. The 
working is then confined to the two adjoining rows, but this system is not 
recommended. 
The following illustrates the practice adopted by Mr. Hulme, of King 
River, Wangaratta district, who has entered into lavender cultivation. He has 
‘now about two acres planted, and purposes increasing the area to four or five 
acres. He has planted 3 feet by 4 feet, which appears to be rather close, but 
Mr. Hulme thinks this distance satisfactory :— 
The following illustration gives the method adopted in one of the lavender 
farms of Mitcham :— 
This is planted 6 feet by 4 feet, which is the usual distance in the later 
‘plantations. There are several small lavender plots throughout the colony 
which appear to thrive well, but the method of treatment differs somewhatin 
