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trenching', placing a row of sets in each trencli. 

 'I he horse-radish should be planted in the bot- 

 tom of the open trench, twelve inches in depth, 

 turning the earth of the next over them; and 

 the potatoe-sets be placed about from four to 

 five or six inches deep, covering them also with 

 the earth of the next trench. 



In thcfvi/yth. vmde, or that of Slit Planting, 

 which is |)erformcd by making slits or crevices 

 with a spade in the ground, at particular di- 

 stances, for the reception of small trees and shrub 

 plants, a slit is made for each plant, which 

 js inserted as the work proceeds; and is practised 

 sometimes in the nursery-way. Sec, in putting 

 out rows of small plants, suckers, &c., at from 

 about a foot to eighteen inches or two feet high, 

 and which have but small roots: it is also some- 

 times practised in out grounds, where large 

 tracts of forest-trees are planted, and wiiich are 

 planted out at the above sizes, and in the most 

 expeditious and cheapest method. 



It is performed in this manner: a line is set, 

 or a mark made ; and then having a quantity of 

 plants ready, they are planted as the work pro- 

 ceeds in making the slits : a man, having a good 

 clean spade, strikes it into the ground with its 

 back close to the line or mark, forming a cre- 

 vice, taking it out again directly, so as to leave 

 the slit open, giving another stroke at right 

 angles with the first ; then the person with the 

 plants inserts one inmiediately into the second- 

 made crevice, bringing it up close to the first; 

 and directly presses the earth close to the plant 

 with the foot ; proceeding in the same manner 

 to insert another plant; and so on till all is 

 finished : which is a very expeditious way of 

 putting out small plants, for large plantations, 

 but should never be employed where other bet- 

 ter methods can be used. 



A man and a boy in this method will plant 

 out ten or fifteen hundred plants, or more, in 

 a day. 



In the Jifth, or Holing- in Planting, which 

 is sometimes used in the nursery, in light loose 

 ground : also sometimes with potatoes, &c., in 

 pliable soils ; the ground being previously dug 

 or trenched, and a line placed, it is thus per- 

 formed : a person with a spade takes. out a 

 small spit of earth, to form a little aperture, in 

 which anolher person directly deposits a plant, 

 &c. The digger at the same time taking an- 

 other spit at a little distance, turns the earth 

 thereof into the first hole over the roots: placing 

 directly another plant in the second opening, 

 tlie digger covers it with the earth of a tiiird 

 spil, and so on to the i nd of the row. 



In the Hxth, or Drill Planting, which is 

 by drawing drills with a hoe from two to four 

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or five inches deep, for the reception of seeds 

 and roots, and is a convenient method for many 

 sorts of large seeds, such as walnuts, chesnuts, 

 and the like ; sometimes also for broad beans, 

 and always for kidney-beans, and peas ; like- 

 wise for many sorts of bulbous roots, when de- 

 posited in beds by themselves; the drills for 

 these should be drawn with a common hoe, 

 two or three inches deep; and for large kinds of 

 bulbous roots, four or five inches in depth, co- 

 vering in the seeds and roots with the earth, al- 

 ways to the depth of the drills. 



In the seventh, or Bedding-in Planting, 

 which is fre4acnlly practised for the choicer 

 kinds of flowering bulbs, such as Hyacinths, 

 &c., also for the larger seeds of trees, as acorns, 

 large nuts, and other larger kinds of seeds, 

 stones, and kernels, it is performed by draw- 

 ing the earth from ofl'the tops of the beds some 

 inches in depth, then planting the seeds or 

 roots, and covering them over with the earth, 

 drawn off for that purpose; for which the ground 

 should be previously dug or trenched over, raked, 

 and formed into beds three or four feet wide, 

 with alleys between ; then with a rake or spade 

 trimming the earth evenly from off the top of 

 the bed into the alleys, from two or three to 

 four inches deep for bulbous roots, and for seeds, 

 one or two, according to what they are, and 

 their size ; afterwards, for bulbous roots, draw- 

 ing lines along the surface of the bed, nine 

 inches distance, placing the roots bottom down- 

 ward, along the lines, six or eight inches apart, 

 thrusting the bottom into the earth : but when 

 for seeds, they may be scattered promiscuously; 

 and having thus planted one bed, then with the 

 spade, let the earth that was drawn ofl' into the 

 alley be spread evenly upon the bed as^ain over 

 the roots or seed, &c., being careful that they 

 are covered all equally the above depth, raking 

 the surface smooth and fine. 



This method is in occasional practice, in 

 planting several kinds of the larger prime sorts 

 of bufbous-rooted flowers in beds; and nursery- 

 men also practise it in planting many of their 

 larger seeds, nuts, &c. 



And another method of this kind is occa- 

 sionally practised in some parts, particularly for 

 planting potatoes in low wet grounds, which is 

 by dividing the ground into beds, four feet wide, 

 with alle\s two or three feet in width ; then 

 digging the beds, and placing the potatoe-sets 

 in three rows along each bed, a foot asunder in 

 the rows : this done, the alleys are dvig one 

 spade dej)th, casting the soil upon the beds over 

 the sets, so as to cover them four or five inches 

 deep ; in this wav, where the ground is very w et, 

 the alleys drain the moisture from the beds, so 



