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two feet apart, the rows three to four feet, if horse-cultivation is employed ; 

 and two feet by two and a half if hand-tended alone. 



By propagating and setting plants as above in August, and even as late 

 as September, I have frequently gathered an average product of a quart to 

 the hill the following season. Nor is this result confined to one variety 

 alone ; for I have several from which such a crop may be counted on with 

 certainty, under a good and thorough system of cultivation. 



The extra work necessaiy in this process is about the amount required 

 for the potting; say one day for every thousand plants. The watering 

 will require some time : but where there are hundreds of plants growing 

 in immediate proximity, as in the pots, it is but a small task ; while if 

 transplanted from the ground, and the weather be dry, it will need ten 

 times the amount of labor in watering to save them. The setting is in 

 favor of the potted plants, as they can be turned out of the pots much 

 faster by the use of a wheelbarrow to transport them than they can be 

 well set in the ordinary way. 



Altogether, I think that growers of this fruit who take any pride in 

 attaining the highest success, after giving this system a trial, will not wit- 

 tingly go back to the old method. B. Hathaway. 



Little Prairie Ronde, Mich. 



LILIUM AURATUM. 



Our experience has shown, that the less the bulbs of this lily are handled, 

 and the less frequently it is transplanted, the better for the well-being of 

 the plant. The scales are unusually tender, and break off very easily, and 

 every one lost injures the bulb. Plant in a soil of loam, peat, and sand ; 

 and cover the bed in winter with a frame, filling in with dry leaves. 



With this protection the plants will winter well, and push strong shoots 

 in spring. 



Glen Ridge. 



