Word: seeded
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...University for many years, but until lately it was regarded as practically useless. A process of draining and filling in, however, has resulted in reclaiming it completely. As soon as more gravel is thrown on and about a foot of loam on top of the gravel, grass seed will be planted and the whole area will become as well adapted to athletics as Soldiers Field proper...
...cultivated sugar-cane is grown wholly from cuttings or "sets," as they are called, and this practice has been carried on from time immemorial, until now the plants have ceased to produce fertile seeds. It happens occasionally in South and Central America, that a little seed is produced by artificial crossing, but, as a rule, the plants raised from these seeds are not much, if any, better than those from the cuttings. In Java, successful attempts have been made to carry the pollen from the flowers to such stigmas as are receptive, and the results have been excellent. These experiments...
...Locker Building, new floors have been laid, the walls have been plastered and the toilets rearranged. Where the grass on the football field was worn away, seed has been sown and the whole field has been covered with a fertilizer. The two grand stands at the ends of the field have been removed because they interfered with the running track, which will be used next spring. The track will be thoroughly rolled, and, if necessary, slightly banked at the turns...