ANOTHER HARDY- GARDEN BOOK 



of bone meal and nitrate of soda which 

 have been well mixed. 



The crowns of the plant and the buds 

 which form the stalks for the following 

 year, make their growth during the Summer, 

 which is, therefore, the time to feed them. 

 The old practice of covering the bed with 

 manure in November and forking it into 

 the ground in Spring has been done away 

 with, and instead the plants are stimulated 

 at the time of growth. From time to time 

 before sowing the nitrate of soda and bone 

 meal, some of the earth should be removed 

 from over the plants so that the tops of the 

 crowns are not more than three inches below 

 the surface. Formerly everyone sowed salt 

 on the asparagus bed, but I have not found 

 that it serves as a fertilizer, but rather to 

 kill the weeds, which grow rapidly in the 

 rich soil. 



Because of its rich earth there is no bet- 

 ter place than between the rows of the 

 asparagus for cauliflower and egg-plants, 



