PROPAGATOR'S CALENDAR. 597 



The following may be taken as a fair collection of seeds to crop an 

 acre, making allowance for failures : Peas, 9 qts. ; Beans, 3 qts. ; Kid- 

 ney Beans, 3 qts. ; Scarlet- Runners, I qt. ; White Cabbage, 4 oz. ; Red 

 do., */2. oz. ; Savoys, 2 oz. ; Brussels Sprouts, I oz. ; Borecole or Scotch 

 Kale, i oz. ; Cauliflower, 2 oz. ; Broccoli, 6 oz. ; Carrots, 6 oz. ; Parsnips, 

 4 oz. ; Turnips, 4 oz. ; Red Beet, 3 oz. ; Scorzonera, 2 oz. ; Salsify, 2 

 oz. ; Radishes, 3 qts. ; Flanders Spinach, I qt. ; Round-leaved do., I qt. ; 

 Onions, 6 oz. ; Leeks, 2 oz. ; Cardoons, y z oz. ; Celery, I oz. ; Lettuce, 

 4 oz. ; Endive, 2 oz. ; Parsley, 2 oz. 



TABLE SHOWING THE PROPER DISTANCES FOR PLANTING 

 VARIOUS FRUIT-TREES. 



Standard Pears on Pear stocks, for orchards 25 feet apart. 



Pyramidal Pears on Pear stocks, not root-pruned 20 feet apart. 

 Do. do., root-pruned 10 feet apart. 



Do. do., on Quince stocks, not root-pruned 6 feet apart. 

 Do. do. , on Quince stocks, periodically lifted 4 feet apart. 



Bush Pears on Pear stocks, periodically lifted or root-pruned 6 feet 



apart. 

 Do. do. on Quince stocks, periodically lifted 4 feet apart. 



Pears on Pear stocks, trained horizontally on walls or espaliers 18 feet 

 apart ; the same to be root-pruned as occasion may require. 



Pears trained in vertical, oblique, or horizontal cordon fashion, may 

 be planted, if upon walls, 18 inches apart, or more or less as the taste 

 of the planter may dictate. 



Pears trained in horizontal cordon, to form edgings to walks, or quar- 

 ters of the garden, should be planted on stems I foot high, and trained 

 along galvanised wire, strained and supported on iron pins, a single 

 shoot only being made use of. 



Pears trained fan-shape and root-pruned 15 feet apart. The above 

 distances will also do for Apples, Cherries, and Plums ; these last, 

 when trained as pyramids, require to be grown with stems 18 inches 

 to 2 feet high, as if cut shorter, they will throw out so many strong 

 branches just above the junction of the graft and stock, that it will 

 be found, with the greater number of sorts, so much cutting will 

 require to be done that the trees will gum and die, and present great 

 difficulty to form them into nice pyramids. 



Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Plums, and Cherries, when planted 

 against walls, are generally and best trained fan-shape, and should be 

 from 12 to 15 feet apart, and kept periodically lifted and replanted on 

 the surface, merely covering the roots with a few inches of the soil. 



Bush trees of Pears on Quince, Apples on the Paradise, Cherries on 

 the Mahaleb, and Plums may be planted about the same distance 

 apart as Gooseberries and Currants /.., 5 feet apart in the rows, and 

 5 feet from row to row. They should be lifted biennially, or as often 

 as required, in November, and they will then form a charming fruit- 

 garden. 



