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GARDENING. 



Nov. J_ 



flSPflRflOUS IN WINTER. 



Asparagus can be obtained in winter 

 Ijy lifting the crowns from beds outside 

 and transferring them to frames or green- 

 houses where thev can get a temperature 

 of from 50° to 7&. 



If plenty of manure can be had it can be 

 grown in hotbeds made in the usual waj-. 

 In doing so plenty of leaves can be used 

 with the manure to prevent the beds from 

 heating too rapidly and cooling too 

 quickly. Cover the surface of the hotbed 

 over with soil to a depth of about three 

 inches, and when the beds have declined 

 to about 65° without danger of them 

 rising an^- higher the asparagus crowns 

 should be planted. 



Choose strong plants of not less than 

 three or four years old, and if they have 

 not been ci:t from the previous stnnmer ii 

 will be to their advantage; they should 

 he dug up very carefully to prevent their 

 roots getting broken, about the middle 

 of November, and at once planted in the 

 hotbeds already prepared for them. Place 

 the crowns close together an! spread the 

 roots out as straight as possible, and 

 cover them all over with light rich soil to 

 a depth of about four or five inches, care- 

 fulh working it in well between the roots, 

 (jive air to prevent the temperature rising 

 above 55° for the first two weeks, after 

 which time it can be increased to 60° by 

 night and 65° by day. 



Should thej' need watering it should be 

 given *hem of the same temperature as 

 the air in which they are growing. The 

 heat in the frames will need to be kept up 

 by placing hot manure around the sides 

 from time to time. Fresh batches of 

 plants will need to be introduced if a 

 succession is desired. It can also be 

 grown on benches in grei'nhouses if the 

 same conditions as to temperature, etc. 

 are followed, and if one ortwo hot water 

 pipes can be arranged to pass under the 

 bed where it is planted they will ])rove 

 very beneficial to the asparagus. As it 

 takes from five to ten weeks from time of 

 planting to cutting fresh plants will be 

 needed every four or five weeks, and the 

 old ones can be discarded as Ihey cease to 

 be productive. T. Griffin. 



Westbury Station, Long Island. 



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