How to manage a Garden 



stem system, pinching out all side shoots as they appear. 

 Feed well with liquid manure, and let them never want for 

 water. When about four feet high stop them and let the 

 fruit ripen. All unripened fruit should be pulled before 

 frost and put on greenhouse shelves to colour. 



Mint may be propagated from cuttings or by division 

 of roots, or it may be boxed up and forced for use with 

 early potatoes. Parsley may be sown in rows under 

 walls or by the borders of paths. Thyme may be in- 

 creased by seed or division. Sage may also be increased 

 by cuttings. 



4. MISCELLANEOUS CROPS. 



Asparagus. For the raising of asparagus, seed should 

 be sown in March and the seedlings thinned out. For 

 forming a permanent plot it is better to buy one-year-old 

 plants and plant in rows four feet apart and two-and-a-half 

 feet between the plants, or in beds five feet wide, with three 

 rows at eighteen inches apart. Thoroughly trench the 

 ground before planting. Give yearly a dressing of manure 

 and a sprinkling of salt. Do not cut from the plants during 

 the first year, and sparingly during the second. In other 

 years cut the strong shoots until the middle of June and 

 leave the weak ones to grow. When there is sufficient 

 space between the plants dig the ground yearly. 



Beans. Among these we have runner, dwarf, and 

 broad beans. To grow runner beans well, take out a 

 trench in autumn ; dig up bottom. Fill in with weeds, 

 &c., and, just before planting, with soil. Plant beans in 

 double rows eighteen inches apart, or in single rows, with 

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