2io ON ASPARAGUS. 



IN the autumn, when the ftems are de- 

 cayed, cut them off two inches from the 

 ground, ftir the furface gently that the 

 crown of the plant may not be hurt, and 

 then lay on an inch and a half of the fame 

 competition that the trenches were filled 

 with, the whole breadth of the two feet, 

 railing it a little higher in the middle 

 to carry the wet off the crown of the 

 plants. 



IT will be neceffary this winter to cover 

 the whole two- feet trench with light lit- 

 ter from the {tables, as the roots are near 

 the furface ; but this is no more to be 

 pra&ifed. This fmifhes the firfh year's 

 work. 



THE beginning of March take off the 

 litter, and dig it into the three-feet left 

 between the rows ; prick up the fur- 

 face in the trench where the afparagus is 

 {own, and lay over it an inch more of the 

 fame compoft it was (own in. 



THERE ftiould be as much of the com- 

 pofition 



