42 FORCING. 
answers for early forcing better than any other sort, 
when strawberries are wanted by the end of March. 
“Having filled the pots with the compost, they are 
removed at once to the strawberry quarters, and ar- 
ranged on each side of the rows, amongst the runners. 
The middle of July, when the plants are émitting roots, 
is the proper time to begin the operation of layering: 
having previously prepared a quantity of pegs, the 
runners that are rooted into the ground are carefully 
removed, and their roots inserted in the pots, and 
pegged down. Put three plants into the twenty-four 
pots, and one in the thirty-twos; they immediately 
begin growing, being supported by the mother plant, 
and will only require occasional watermg in dry 
weather. 
- “When the plants are well rooted, which is in 
about one month, detach them from the old plants, 
and remove to their winter-quarters. 
‘Beds are prepared for them with a bottom of coal 
ashes, and they are plunged in old tan; each bed sur- 
rounded with a stratum of coal ashes six inches wide, 
and as high as the top of the pots, which prevents 
worms from working amongst them.” 
