ON ASPARAGUS. 221 







they foon will) they will grow ftrong, and 

 greatly increafe the growth of the plants. 

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IT is a wrong method to plant afpara- 

 gus, for the roots fhould never be cut, 

 bccaufe they are of fuch a nature that they 

 never make fo good roots as when they are 

 ibwn where they are to remain, 



IT is natural for afparagus to rife in the 

 crown as it grows old, for which reafon 

 there fhould be a good covering of earth 

 laid on at different times, that it may be 

 in a condition to refift the frofl without 

 a covering of long dung, which is very 

 prejudicial to it, efpecially on ftifF land. 

 Thofe who prepare and manage their beds 

 thus will have good afparagus, let the na- 

 tural foil be what it will. 







ASPARAGUS draws a great deal of nou- 

 rifhment from the ground every year ; it 

 is a very luxuriant plant, and fhould have 

 Ibme fupply every other year, or it will in 

 a. few years be very {mall ; but if properly 

 2 fup- 



