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or with guano. In this bed the plants are to set in rows 

 fourteen inches apart, and the plants nine inches apart on 

 the rows. When taking them from the nursery bed, be 

 careful to take them up with all fheir roots attached, and 

 be sure to set them firmly in the soil of the bed. The 

 leaves should be left entire, and not clipped or shortened, 

 only removing any suckers that may grow from the main 

 stem. After planting they should be well watered, and 

 shaded by placing a board about eight or nine inches wide 

 directly over each row, and an inch or two above the plants. 

 The intervening space between the boards will admit light 

 and air; at the end of a week or ten days they will be 

 well established, and the boards can then be removed. 

 During their growth they will be benefited by occasional 

 waterings of weak guano water, being careful not to let it 

 get into the heart of the plant. 



From the middle to the end of August, the earthing up 

 process may be begun for such as may be wanted for use in 

 September or October; and about the middle of September 

 for such as may be needed for use in November. When 

 the plants are about fifteen or eighteen niches high, remove 

 any suckers or offshoots, and then take two boards nine 

 inches wide, as long as the width of the bed ; place one on 

 each side of a row of plants, close up to them. Then fill 

 in the space between them with the soil taken out of the 

 bed, pulverizing it very finely as it is thrown in, letting it 

 remain as thrown hi without treading down. When the 

 spaces between the two rows is filled in to the height of the 

 boards, gently and carefully withdraw them, and do 

 another row in the same way. When the ooards are with- 

 drawn, the loose earth will roll down into the spaces 

 between the plants without getting into their hearts, and 

 will make a level earthing up of about six inches. The 



