MY FARM OF EDGEWOOD 



tion of parts, by banding the various crops 

 with border Hnes of China or Refugee beans; 

 and he may spHt the whole crosswise, by a 

 walk overarched with climbing Limas, or the 

 London Horticultural— setting off the two 

 ends with an abutment of Scarlet-runners, and 

 a surbase of fiery Nasturtium. 



There are also available and pretty devices 

 for making the land do double duty. The 

 border lines of China-beans, which will be 

 ripened in early August, may have Swedes 

 sown in their shadow in the first days of July, 

 so that when the Chinas have fulfilled their 

 mission, there shall be a new line, of purple 

 green in their place. The early radishes and 

 salads may have their little circlets of cucumber 

 pits, no way interfering with the first, and 

 covering the ground when the first are done. 

 The early Bassano beets will come away in 

 time to leave space for the full flow of the 

 melons that have been planted at intervals 

 among them. The cauliflower will find grate- 

 ful shade under the lines of sweet corn, and 

 the newly-set winter cabbages, a temporary 

 refuge from the sun, under shelter of the 

 ripened peas. I do not make these suggestions 

 at random, but as the results of actual and suc- 

 cessful experience. 



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