248 HORTICULTURAL MEMOIRS. 



6 inches of common dunghil manure, 



8 inches of turf. 



6 inches of dung as before. 



6 inches of sifted earth. 



8 inches of turf. 



6 inches of very rotten dung. 



3 inches of the best earth. 



The last layer of earth, must then be well mixed 

 with the last of dung. 



The quarter must now be divided into beds 

 five feet wide, by paths constructed of turf, two 

 feet in breadth, and one foot in thickness. The 

 asparagus must be planted about the end of March, 

 eighteen inches asunder. In planting them, the 

 bud, or top of the shoot, is to be placed at the 

 depth of an inch and a half in the ground, while 

 *the roots must be spread out as wide as possible, 

 in the form of an umbrella. A small bit of stick 

 must be placed as a mark at each plant, as it is 

 laid in the ground. As soon as the earth is 

 settled and dry, a spadeful of fine sand is to be 

 thrown on each plant, in the form of a molehill. 

 If the asparagus plants should have begun to shoot 

 Before their transplantation, the young shoots 

 should be cut off, and the planting will, with these 

 precautions, be equally successful, though it should 

 be performed in this country even as late as July. 

 Should any of the plants originally inserted have 

 died, they also may be replaced at this season. 



