WATER. yea 
WN ATE Ee EX. 
The strawberry has a great relish for good, clear, 
cold water. We have often seen them take a strong 
shower-bath at midday, in the face of the hottest sun 
in July, without shrmking. A slight sprinkle, just to 
lay the dust, does not satisfy them, but a thorough 
soaking is what they delight in—say a pailful of 
water to every six or eight plants, or every four feet 
square of earth. If you say “this calls for a great 
deal of hard work,” we answer then, ‘do not repeat 
it so often, but do it thoroughly whenever attempted.” 
A few weeks since, we sent a friend some plants of 
new and rare kinds. A drought prevailed, and we 
feared he would neglect them, so we called to see 
them, and found he had set out and sprinkled them in 
the lightest, most delicate manner possible. Another 
friend to whom we gave a few plants at the same dry 
time, gave them a thorough and repeated drenching, 
and saved all his plants. 
A garden engine is very convenient in a strawberry 
plot, for watering purposes, or a stream of water so 
situated as to irrigate, is better still, A water-ram, and 
water brought up in pipes, will accomplish the same 
thing. Ordinarily, during the bearing season, sufficient 
