16 GENERAL REMARKS. 



till you have thus gone over the whole bed. In the absence 

 of boards^ tread in the seed with your feet, or strike an the 

 beds with the back of your spade or shovel. 



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

 it is recommended to soak the seed in \vater, and to dry 

 it with sulphur. This practice, with attentive watering, will 

 cause the seed to vegetate speedily. 



If it should be requisite to transplant any thing when the 

 ground is dry, the transplanting should be always done as 

 soon as the earth is fresh turned over, and the roots of the 

 plants should be steeped in mud made of rich compost, 

 before they are set out. 



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

 drills drawn from eight to twelve inches apart, in preference 

 to sowing broad cast, because the weeds can be more easily 

 destroyed by means of a small hoe; and which, properly 

 used, greatly promotes the growth of young plants. 



The following table may be useful to the gardener, m 

 showing the number of plants, or trees, that may be raise^ 

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

 mentioned distances. 



Distance apart No. of Plants Distance apart No. ofPlanta- 



1 foot .... 43,560 9 feet 537 



1 feet .... 19,360 12 feet 362 



2 feet ,- f ; * . 10,890 15 feet 193 



2J feet .... 6,969 18 feet 134 



3 feet . . v : . 4.840 21 feet 98 



4 feet 2,722 24 feet 75 



5 feet. .... 1,742 27 feet 59 



6 feet 1,210 30 feet ..... 4S 



The preceding table may serve as a guide to such as are 

 not expert in arithmetic, in laying out a garden* as it shows 



