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Directions for planting tiie Beds. 



foot, provide two equal measures of such 

 length, to apply to each side of the bed ; 

 and having dug the ground sufficiently far 

 to receive a second row of plants, mark ou^ 

 the line across with the ruler as before, 

 when plant three in the second, and four in 

 the third, row, according to quincunx or- 

 der, by which is intended four plants form- 

 ed in a square, and the fifth placed in the 

 middle, thus t * |, which will afford a 

 greater scope for the growth of the plants 

 than if placed in exact squares, observing 

 the same method throughout the bed. The 

 entire length of ground being thus planted, 

 earth up, with a spade, each end of the bed 

 in manner of the sides, to form an even, re- 

 gular, and complete embankment four inches 

 above the surface throughout, the better to 

 receive and retain all copious waterings and 

 heavy rains, thereby to facilitate the growth 

 of plants, invigorate their bloom, and pro- 

 mote fructification. 



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