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KITCHEN-GARDENING. 



If it should be requisite to transplant anything when the 

 ground is dry, .the transplanting should always be done as 

 soon as the earth is turned over; and the roots of the plants, 

 before they are set out, should be steeped in mud made of rich 

 compost. 



TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PLANTS ON AN ACRE. 



The following table shows the number of plants or trees 

 that may be raised on an acre of ground, when planted at cer 

 tain distances apart : 



Distance apart. No. of Plants. 



1 foot ..... 43,560 

 H feet 19,360 



2 feet 10,890 



2* feet 6,969 



3 feet 4,840 



4 feet 2,722 



5 feet 1,742 



6 feet 1,210 



Distance apart. No. of Plants. 



9 feet 537 



12 feet 302 



15 feet 193 



18 feet 134 



21 feet 98 



24 feet 75 



27 feet 59 



30 feet , 48 



The preceding table may serve as a guide to such as are* not 

 expert in arithmetic, in laying out a garden, as it shows at one 

 view many proportions of an acre of land, in squares of dif 

 ferent dimensions. The last line, for instance, shows that, if 

 forty-eight trees be planted on an acre, each thirty feet apart, 

 there may be forty-eight beds of thirty feet square, or thirty 

 beds of forty-eight feet square, formed from the same quantity 

 of land. An allowance of about one-eighth must, however, be 

 made from the above calculation for walks and paths. 



DISTRIBUTION OF MANURE. 



The table may also serve to show the gardener how to dis 

 pose of any given quantity of manure, that may be allotted 

 for an acre of ground. If, for instance it requires three hun 

 dred and two trees to plant an acre when placed twelve feet 

 from each other, it will require as many heaps of manure to 

 cover the same quantity of ground, if dropped the same dis- 



