96 THE CULTURE OF 



Method of Planting. 



cuttings, affording' it a moderate dressing 

 of rich and very rotten manure about two 

 inches thick, preferring that from an early 

 formed hot-bed ; spread the same regularly 

 over the surface, and proceed to plant in the 

 following manner: — 



At either end, begin the work by ''throw- 

 ing out a small trench as in common dig- 

 ging, marking out the ends of the bed as 

 before on the sides; having dug even the 

 ground about eight inches from the end of 

 the bed, and being provided with two sticks 

 six inches long, measure out that distance 

 on each side from the end ; then mark out 

 a line by laying a straight staff three feet in 

 length, directly across the bed, lightly press- 

 ing it on the new dug ground, to form a di- 

 rect line by which to plant the first row of 

 cuttings; when, with a clean spade, chop 

 away the earth evenly aslope, three to four 

 inches deep, against which to place the cut- 



