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in height, they are in a proper state for transplant- 

 ing into the trenches. It is necessary always to 

 make at least three different transplanting?, al- 

 lowing the distance of three or four weeks, or 

 more, between each ; and when the plants are 

 required for use as early in the summer as pos- 

 sible, and to be continued in the spring as 

 late as the middle or latter end of May. It is 

 proper to plant four, five, or even six different 

 crops, allowing the distance of time just men- 

 tioned between each separate crop ; observing 

 that the crops principally intended lor spring use 

 be of the latest sown plants, and not planted 

 in the trenches until September, October, and 

 the beginning of November. 



In making the trenches, choose a dry rich spot 

 of ground, m an open quarter, and with a line 

 and spade mark and chop out the trenches cross- 

 ways of the piece of ground, each trench twelve 

 inches, or about one spade's breadth wide, and 

 allow a space of three feet between trench and 

 trench, that there may be sufficient scope to 

 have a due portion of mould to earth up the 

 plants to a proper height : the trenches be- 

 ing marked in this manner, proceed to dig them 

 out, in order to form the furrow for the reception 

 of the plants, which should be done to the 

 depth of a moderate spade, or about six or eight 

 inches for the early crops ; but the later ones do 

 not require so much, without taking out any 

 shovellings ; laying the spits of earth alternately 

 to the right and left on the spaces between, 

 levelling them neatly and beating up the edges 

 firm and straight ; then let the bottom be pro- 

 perly dug and levelled ; or if the ground be 

 poor, first spread in two or three inches depth 

 of rotten dung, and cover it four or five inches 

 deep with earth. The trenches being thus 

 prepared, a quantity of the best plants must be 

 drawn, and after the ends of their roots, and the 

 tops of the straggling leaves have been trimmed 

 off, a row planted exactly along the middle of 

 each trench, placing them four or five inches di- 

 stant, a good watering being immediately given 

 out of a pot with the rose on, and which, if 

 showers do not fall, should be repeated every 

 other evening, at least till the plants have taken 

 fresh root. Only a few of the very early plants, 

 as those sown in February or early in March, 

 should be planted out at a time, as they are apt 

 to pipe almost as soon as they are blanched, or 

 sometimes before that is fully effected. 



When it happens that the plants intended to 

 be planted out in autumn for the late crops have 

 stood so long in the seed or pricking-out 

 beds as to, have beeome rank, and drawn each 

 ether up weak, it may be proper to retard 



their running up tall, in order to obtain thera 

 of robust growth against October and Novem- 

 ber for planting in shallow trenches : to effect 

 this, it will be'advisable, in August or the be- 

 ginning of September, either to cut them down 

 low to shoot out again, or transplant them into 

 rows-nine inches distant. 



Another method of planting and making 

 the trenches, but which is less in use, is 

 with a line and spade to cut or mark out a 

 bed, six feet wide, crossways the ground; 

 then to begin at one end, and proceed to dig 

 out a cavity the above width and length, one 

 spade deep,' laying the spits of earth to the 

 right and left in a ridge along each side of the 

 cavity or trench, beating it up in front that it 

 may not slip down ; and when the trench is 

 thus dug, to loosen and level the bottom ; and- 

 where dung is necessary, to add it, digging it 

 into the bottom four or five inches deep. When 

 more than one of such trenches are to be made,. 

 a clear space of six feet must be allowed between 

 trench and trench, to contain the earth dug out, 

 and to have a sufficiency to bring up to the 

 plants afterwards. 



The trenches being thus prepared, the plants 

 are to be trimmed as before directed, and then 

 planted out, observing thai they are here to be 

 planted in rows crossways the trench, about a. 

 foot asunder, and in other respects as in the 

 former method. 



Plants of this sort, in order to whiten or 

 blanch the stalks, and render them crisp, ten- 

 der, and of a grateful flavour, require to be 

 earthed up as they rise in height on each side ; 

 for which purpose the earth that was dug out of 

 the trenches is to be employed ; and when that 

 is expended the spaces between them must be 

 dug out, broken and applied repeatedly as the, 

 plants advance in growth : in this way blanch- 

 ing them from ten or twelve, to fifteen or eigh- 

 teen inches or more in height.. The proper time 

 to begin this work is when the plants are about 

 ten or twelve inches high, which should be re- 

 peated every fortnight or three weeks, accord- 

 ing to their growth. In performing the work, 

 regard must be had to break the earth, when. 

 lumpy, moderately small with the spade ; or 

 the first and second earthings may be performed 

 with a large hoe, but afterwards a spade is to be 

 preferred, and care taken to trim the earth up 

 lightly to the plants, so as not to break the 

 stalks of the leaves, or force the mould into 

 their hearts. The first time they may be earthed 

 three, four, or five inches, according to the 

 size and height of the plants, observing the 

 same rule at each time, till they are by degrees 



