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line on his right to the diftance of twenty-one 

 inches, on his left to the depth of twelve or four- 

 teen inches, or what he may think fufEcient to carry 

 off the water, And efFe(5lually to cover the roots of 

 the plants: he then removes the line in a parallel 

 diredlion three feet and a half from its former place, 

 lays the plants in the fame order as before, and 

 digs out the remaining twenty-one inches to the 

 fame depth as before, and throws it on the left 

 hand bed ; — thus a ditch of three feet and a half 

 wide is effected: — and as each plant is three feet 

 and a half afunder in the beds, and the ditch is of 

 the fame width, each plant has a fpace exadtly 

 three feet and a half fquare to extend itfelf in. 

 Then the line is again removed three feet and a 

 half further to the left, when the fame procefs again 

 takes place; care however fhould be taken that 

 the plants fhould never be laid immediately oppo- 

 fite to each other, but one oppofite the opening be- 

 tween two others, thus, ***»*»*^|* 



In this mode of cultivation, not only the land is 

 cfledlually drained, but the plants have alfo a double 

 portion of vegetable earth, and are thereby enabled 

 to force their horizontal roots rapidly through the 

 bed. Inexperience may perhaps objed, that the 

 plants being laid horizontally will not make per- 

 pendicular (boots, but nature gives them a perpen* 

 T 9 dicular 



