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waste of ground to plant earlier, unless in case of 

 emergency. The young plant must be watered every 

 morning for a week, unless rainy. The only treat- 

 ment necessary the first year, at least through the 

 growing season, is to keep them perfectly free from 

 weeds. If any crop is planted between them, it should 

 be a row of Coleworts from a June sowing, which 

 would make their growth chiefly after the Asparagus 

 had done its best. In November, the ground is to be 

 dressed with good rotten manure, and in spring the 

 alleys are thrown over the manure, just deep enough 

 to cover it. No cropping can now be carried on be- 

 tween the rows, although a good crop of Cauliflowers 

 may be grown in the alleys. The next point is the 

 mode of dressing pursued in the autumn of the second 

 year. It is of much more importance to feed the As- 

 paragus at the extremities of the roots in the alleys, 

 than over the crown : good cultivators of it, in brick 

 pits, do not allow the alleys, after forcing, to remain 

 empty all the summer ; they are filled with good 

 rotten manures, and any one who has witnessed the 

 emptying of these alleys in autumn, preparatory to 

 forcing, must have been struck with the abundance of 

 strong white roots, of which such alleys are full, and 

 which are annually (it may be) cut ofP. Such roots 

 can scarcely be produced from the crown ; and it oc- 

 curred to Mr. Errington some years ago, that the 

 alley, above all, should be well attended to with ma- 



