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GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



able articles, that are bulky; the lighter and valuable 

 crops, such as Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Radishes, 

 etc., from more southerly and earlier localities, are grown 

 often hundreds of miles distant, and freighted to market 

 at a handsome profit. So with less perishable articles, such 

 as dry roots of Carrots, Beets, Parsnips, Horseradish, etc. ; 

 but the necessity of nearness to market for the bulky and 

 perishable crops, is imperative. 



Situation and Laying-out. — It is not always that 

 choice can be made in the situation of or aspect of the 

 ground ; but whenever it can be made, a level spot should 

 be selected, but if there be any slope, let it be to the south. 

 Shelter is of great importance in producing early crops, 

 and if a position can be got where the wind is broken off 

 by woods or hills, to the north, or northwest, such a situa- 

 tion would be very desir- 



able. In the absence of 

 this, we find it necessary 

 to protect, at least our forc- 

 ing and framing grounds, 

 with high board fences, or 

 better yet, belts of Norway 

 Spruce. The most conve- 

 nient shape of the garden 

 is a square or oblong form ; 

 if square, a road 12 feet 



Fig. 1. — PLAN OF GROUND. 



wide should be made through the centre, intersected 

 by another road of similar width, see (fig. 1) ; but if ob- 

 long, one road of the same width, running through the 

 centre in a plot of ten acres, will be sufficient. 



Vegetable House, Wells, etc. — Connected with ev- 



