36 THE CULTURE OF 



Jerusalem Artichokes afford a most refreshing Shade. 



rainy seasons, when they will become liable 

 to injury from snails, and subject to mould 

 and decay ; but when designed to preserve 

 Strawberries in considerable quantities, 

 and as long as possible after the time of ri- 

 pening, it may be best effected by planting 

 as early as October preceding, in one direct 

 line, nine inches distant from that in which 

 the skreen by hurdle is intended to be placed, 

 and on the south side of the same : 



And to afford a more widely extended shade, 

 roots of Helianthus Tuherosus, commonly 

 called Jerusalem Artichoke, in manner recom- 

 mended hereafter, from their broad foliage, 

 will, in the hotter months of July and Au- 

 gust, be found to afford a more cool and re- 

 freshing shade ; when the wattled hurdles, 

 as far as they extend, may be entirely removed. 



In many families it is considered of great 

 importance, and no expence is spared to pro- 



