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ways for horse and cart not less than eighteen feet ; this 

 allows for turning without trampling on the beds. 



With regard to laying out the nursery in the manner 

 described, we can not do better than to transcribe here a 

 method taken from a valuable work by Thomas M. Garey, 

 termed, "Orange Culture in California": 



" Provide a strong rope, cord, or wire, a few feet longer 

 than you wish the rows to be, a four-foot measure at each 

 end of the section with which to mark off the distances 

 between the rows, two good hard-wood stakes, or iron pins, 

 which are better, and tools with which to drive them 

 firmly into the ground. Fasten one end of the rope, 

 cord, or wire to a stake driven at one end of the proposed 

 row ; straighten it if necessary. For marking the spaces 

 in the row use a tool made similar to a hand roller with 

 triangular pieces a few inches long fastened lengthwise to 

 the roller a foot apart. Four feet in circumference, or a 

 small fraction more than fifteen and one fourth inches in 

 diameter, is a convenient size for the roller. To use this 

 tool, take hold of the handle, place the roller on the tightly 

 stretched line, and push it forward or draw it after you 

 along the line ; the pieces on the roller will mark crosswise 

 of the line at regular distances of a foot. If any other 

 distance be desired, it can be regulated by the diameter of 

 the roller and the distance between the strips. Remove 

 the line to the next proposed row. This leaves a mark 

 lengthwise crossed at regular distances ready to receive the 

 plants. A roller of greater diameter would require less 

 power to use it." 



Now these directions may seem uselessly complicated 

 and troublesome, but try it once and you will try it again. 

 It saves a great deal of time and trouble, and lays out the 

 rows more accurately than is possible in any other way, 

 and the after-ease with which the trees can be cultivated 



