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every third year ; that is, cutting two years, and totally 

 resting the third. 



Mode of 'planting , — The plants being taken from 

 the seed-bed carefully with a narrow-pronged dung- 

 fork, with as little injury to the roots as possible, they 

 must be laid separately and evenly together, for the 

 sake of convenience whilst planting, the roots being 

 apt to entangle and cause much trouble and injury in 

 parting them. They should be exposed as short a 

 time as possible to the air, and to this end it is advis- 

 able to keep them until planted in a basket covered 

 with a little sand. The mode of planting is to form 

 drills or narrow trenches five or six inches deep and a 

 foot apart, cut out with the spade, the line side of 

 each drill being made perpendicular, and against this 

 the plants are to be placed, with their crowns two 

 inches below the surface, and twelve inches asunder.* 

 The roots must be spread out wide in the form of a 

 fan, a little earth being drawn over each to retain it 

 in its position whilst the row is proceeded with. For 

 the sake of convenience, one drill should be made at 

 a time, and the plants inserted and covered completely 

 before another is commenced. When the planting is 

 completed the bed is to be lightly raked over, and its 



* We do not know the greatest depth at which Asparagus 

 may be buried with impunity, but the deeper it is placed from 

 the surface the later will it vegetate in the spring. The crowns 

 never rise nearer to the surface. 



