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Autumnal Dressing the Beds, 



as on the roots becoming dry, their vegeta- 

 tion will be retarded. 



To promote the vigorous growth of these 

 plants, in order to obtain a more effectual 

 shade, it will be necessary, on their having 

 attained about one foot in height, to earth or 

 mould them up on each side with a broad 

 hoe, drawing the soil towards the plants, as 

 is common in the culture of potatoes, thereby 

 cutting up all weeds growing on the surface; 

 which will abundantly strengthen and enable 

 them to afford a more early and effectual 

 shade. 



Autumnal Dressing the Seds. 



Prior to this business, let the beds be 

 carefully looked over by boys, pulling off all 

 runners which may have escaped notice dur- 

 ing their growth in the summer season. About 

 Michaelmas, when the ground is tolerably 

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