IMPORTANT LOCAL PLANTING. 85 



put in at 4J feet apart, instead of 3J feet as at the 

 commencement. 



The manner of planting adopted "being to many 

 persons new, deserves special notice. The common 

 half-worn garden spade was used, and the planting 

 done by notching and slitting, or 1 and L as best 

 suited the roots of the plants or the nature of the 

 soil. A steady good workman was put in front to 

 take the lead forwards, and another, similarly qualified, 

 to take the lead backwards. 



The first man put in his plants 7 feet apart, or 9 

 feet, as the case may be, and each advancing planter 

 put his in 3J feet or 4J feet back from the last, and 

 also 7 feet or 9 feet apart the other way. By this 

 arrangement there can be no crowding of the planters 

 upon each other, and every man must do the same 

 amount of planting ; and if any are imperfectly done, 

 the foreman can at once discover who it is that is 

 doing his work improperly. 



Prom twelve to sixteen spadesmen composed a com- 

 pany, with an equal number of boys and women ; 

 and over these a foreman was placed, who did not 

 himself work, but travelled backwards and forwards 

 amongst the people, sometimes in front and sometimes 

 in rear, so that no plant might be carelessly planted 

 without being detected and put right. 



The following diagram will better illustrate the 

 method of arranging the planters than words can do. 



The company indicated by the diagram is six in 

 number, each figure representing a man ; and by fol- 

 lowing No. 4 or any other one, it will be seen what 

 course and part he takes. 



