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should be separated. Were they planted together, 

 they would grow in a cluster, produce very little, and 

 last but a few years. {Cal. Hort. Mem. iii. 425.) 



Culture in Seed Bed for Transplanting. — Make 

 choice of a piece of ground which lies dry and slopes 

 to the south, so that the rain may run quickly oif the 

 paths ; the lighter the soil is the better. Dig into 

 the ground in the autumn a large quantity of good 

 dung, and point it over in the following spring for 

 the purpose of loosening the ground, and mixing the 

 dung with it. If dry weather, the bed should be 

 refreshed with moderate but frequent waterings, and 

 if sown as late as April, shade is required by means 

 of a little long litter during the meridian of hot days, 

 until the seeds germinate. Care must be taken to 

 keep the seedlings free from weeds, though this opera- 

 ration should never commence until the plants are 

 well above ground, which will be in the course of 

 three or four weeks from the time of sowing. If two 

 plants have arisen from the same hole, the weakest 

 must be removed as soon as that point can be well 

 determined. Apply liquid manure and salt frequently 

 during the summer, and towards the end of October, 

 as soon as the stems are completely withered, they 

 must be cut down, and well putrefied dung spread 

 over the bed to the depth of about two inches ; this 

 serves not only to increase the vigour of the plants in 

 the following year, but to preserve them during the 



