22 GENERAL REMARKS. 



seed being deposited too deep in the ground, or left too 

 near the surface ; sometimes, for want of sufficiency of seed 

 in a given spot, solitary plants will perish, they not having 

 sufficient strength to open the pores of the earth, and very 

 frequently injudicious management in manuring and prepa- 

 ring the soil will cause defeat. 



I have been induced to expatiate, and in the seventh 

 range of the preceding table, to designate such plants as are 

 generally cultivated, first in seed beds, and afterwards 

 transplanted for the purpose of being accommodated with 

 space to mature in, with a view to answer at once the 

 thousand and one questions asked by ' inexperienced culti- 

 vators, at my counter. 



Some persons, from ignorance of the nature and object of 

 raising plants for transplanting, ask for pounds of seed, 

 when an ounce is amply sufficient for their purpose. For 

 example, one ounce of Celery seed will produce ten thousand 

 plants. An ounce of Cabbage seed will produce from three 

 to four thousand, sufficient when transplanted to cover 

 nearly half an acre of land, which land, if sown with 

 Spinach, for instance, would require from four to six pounds 

 of seed. 



To prevent any altercation on this subject, I would 

 observe in conclusion, that many other vegetables would 

 admit of being transplanted besides those designated in our 

 table ; but as there is considerable risk and trouble, insepa- 

 rable from the operation, it is needless to apply it, unless 

 there are paramount advantages to be gained, the reverse of 

 which would be the case, under ordinary circumstances, 

 with the generality of those plants not thus designated. 



Instead of answering any more queries, I think I shall 

 for the future follow the example of the truly eccentric 

 Abernethy, refer all enquirers for information to my books, 

 which contain an answer to every important question that 

 has been put to me on the subject of gardening since I 

 became an author. 



T. BRIDGEMAP*. 



New-York^ January, 184Q. 



