64 THE CULTURE OF 



Directions for planting the Beds. 



year's wood. On the soil being properly 

 settled, level the surface with a spade, and 

 proceed to plant in the following manner: 



Planting the Beds. 



Place a line exactly in the middle of 

 the bed, throughout ; and on selecting the 

 strongest and best rooted plants of each 

 sort, plant them by digging out the soil or 

 earth on either side the line, and at either 

 end, when throwing away the first spit, let 

 a boy hold the first plant near to the line 

 without touching, when dig out the second 

 hole to fill up the first, covering the root 

 a little deeper than before, and very lightly 

 trampling the soil to the plant if it be dry, 

 but not otherwise; and so throughout the 

 bed at the following distances, according to 

 the size and growth of the different sorts, as 

 the dwarf red early Premier, two feet; those 

 of moderate height and strength, as the 



