GENERAL REMARKS. 



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In the absence of boards, tread in the seed with your feet, 

 or strike on the bed with the back of your spade or shovel 

 but this should not be done when the ground is wet. 



If it be necessary at any time to sow seed in extremely dry 

 weather, it? is recommended to soak the seed in water, and 

 dry it with sulphur. This practice, with attentive water- 

 ing, will cause the seed to vegetate speedily. 



If it should be requisite to transplant any thing 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. 



I have, in most cases, recommended seed to be sown in 

 drills drawn from eight to twelve inches apart, in preference 

 to sowing broadcast, because the weeds can be more easily 

 destroyed by means of a small hoe, which, if properly used, 

 greatly promotes the growth of young plants. 



The following table may be useful to the gardener, in 

 showing the number of plants or trees that may be raised on 

 an acre of ground, when planted at any of the under-men- 

 tioned distances : 



Distance apart. No. of Plants. 



1 foot 43,560 



U feet 19,360 



2 feet 10,890 



2i 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 



