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each, which goes to prove that, so far as the growth of the plant is concerned, 
no hard-and-fast rule need be laid down, as the plant will adapt itself to a 
variety of conditions. The young plants, taken from the nursery in which 
they have been struck the previous season, may be planted out in their 
permanent places the following spring, and every care should be taken that the 
young roots are not mutilated more than is necessary. The evil of close 
setting in the nursery bed will now be seen, as the plants will have matted 
together and become damaged in the separating, which will affect the young 
plant in its start and render it less productive in its after life. 
There are different methods of setting out or rather marking out the 
position of each plant; one is by means of marked wire lines stretched across 
the rows or along them, each mark giving the plant its place. his practice is 
gencrally adopted in planting vines, and differs but little from that of setting 
out lavender plants. Straight parallel lines will materially assist in the after 
working, and a little care in this respect will be well repaid. 
In planting out the young sets, care should be taken to remove all 
damaged roots. A clewn cut should be made where there is a breakage to 
prevent rot setting in and affecting the constitution of the young plant. 
DISEASES. 
The greatest enemy that th. lavender plant has to contend against is 
fungoid growths. These are but little understood, but their effect is neverthe- 
less frequently felt. 
The plant is one that can withstand considerable hardship. According to 
Baron von Mueller, it grows in Norway to iatitude 59 degrees 55 minutes, 
and with slight shade may be grown in the tropical climates, but when placed 
in unsuitable positions, or, like most other plant life, when subject to adverse 
atmospheric conditions, it becomes a prey to parasitic fungoid growths and 
succumbs. ‘The only remedy recommended is cleanliness, which means 
cultivation and proper attention to sanitary arrangements in the matter of 
drainage. No doubt the application of ordinary fungicides would assist in 
checking the spread of this pest, but so little is known of it that no reliable 
information can be given ; but, as the germs of insect and fungoid pests may 
be taken to the permanent plantation on the young plants which “may have 
been affected whilst attached to the parent, or raised on a nursery bed 
within reach of other affected plants, every care should be taken in selecting 
the cuttings, and none but those from healthy plants obtained and placed in 
' virgin soil as previously advised. 
AFTER CULTIVATION. 
In no crop is it more necessary to properly cultivate the soil and keep 
weeds in check than in a perfume crop. Auy foreign matter mixed up with 
the product has a deteriorating influence on the oil produced; and, further, 
the plants being cut back when in full flush of growth, require all the assist- 
ance they can get to overcome the check, and in no other way can this be 
accomplished than by thorough cultivation. Where there is any extent to 
cultivate, it is necessary to be in a position to employ the most economic 
methods of performing the work, and, by planting as described, horse-power 
may be brought into use and the labour performed at a minimum cost. The 
plant being constantly cut back becomes spreading in its habit and occupies 
considerable room; therefore a liberal allowance of space between the rows will 
be requisite in working, &c. 
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