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11-08-2005, 04:16 PM

Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
(sarah) writes:
|
| "Reasons for planting bundles are not always known, but broadly speaking
| three main types can probably be distinguished:
| ...
|
| I'd add the obvious one that EN missed: a commemorative planting.

An even more obvious one, which applies mostly to small counts,
is that multiple seeds were planted to ensure that at least one
germinated, and they never got thinned out. This was, after all,
recommended practice - and it is very common to cut back on
projects after they have been started.

Yes. I'll have to mention it if the book is ever reprinted.

regards
sarah

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