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bells and glass-frames, which represent a very 

 costly outlay, and plenty of watering, to say 

 nothing of the powers of observation required 

 for developing a new branch of gardening in 

 new surroundings. 



What were the results obtained at Evesham 

 it is difficult to say, the more so as the money 

 results which, according to some papers, were 

 obtained the first year (brutto income of 750 

 from three-quarters of an acre) seem to have 

 been exaggerated for a first-year crop, and thus 

 awakened scepticism with regard to that sort 

 of culture altogether. 



Another experiment in the same direction was 

 made on the estate of Mayland, in Essex, which 

 was bought by Mr. Joseph Fels in order to 

 promote small farming in England. It must 

 be said that, apart from the cold, damp climate 

 of this part of England, the heavy clay of Essex 

 represents the least appropriate soil for spade 

 culture. In England, as everywhere, this sort 

 of culture has always been developing in pre- 

 ference on a light loam, or in such places, like 

 Jersey, where a meagre granitic soil could 

 easily be manured hi this special case by sea- 

 weeds. 



Nevertheless, the aim of Mr. Pels having been 

 chiefly educational, this aim has certainly been 

 achieved, as we have now. in three different 



