ASPARAGUS (.-1 .</<// </^//s ofticiinilis.) Cultivation. Sow in Sep- 

 tember in rich, light soil, in rows eighteen inches apart, and 

 when large enough thin out to nine inches. Care should be taken 

 to keep down all weeds for the first year, else they will choke and 

 destroy the young seedlings. To have the young plants strong for 

 transplanting, plenty of water or liquid manure should be given 



during dry weather. The most economical width for an asparagus 

 bed is rive feet, which will take three rows, one down the centre 

 and one on each side, about a foot from the edge. When planting 

 is finished, the ground should be mulched with a thick coating of 

 good stable dung, and when the weather becomes dry water must 

 be given, and that in abundance, if complete success is desired. 

 The after cultivation consists simply in keeping the ground clean, 

 and in dressing with salt during the spring. 



