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inches of the compoft laid all over in the 

 fame manner as before, fo that now the 

 two- feet trench will be an inch or two 

 higher than the ground between. 



As the roots will now begin to come 

 to the hard ground between the rows, 

 there muft be ibme provifion made to en- 

 courage them to fpread, that they may 

 grow ftrong and fupply the buds, which 

 will now be very plentiful and very luxu- 

 riant, teufw 



ANY time in the winter there mould 

 be a trench opened at the end of the 

 three-feet between the rows, the fame 

 depth that the afparagus was fbwn in. If 

 the ground is light and tolerably good, 

 only a third of the natural earth mould 

 be carried off ; but if fliff, one half at 

 leaft. 



THERE mould be fix inches of good 



o 



rotten dung laid in the bottom, then eight 



inches of the natural mould, and on that a 



O 3 layer 



