THE CULTURE OF 



Situation and Formation of the Beds. 



ther, keeping the ground constantly moist, 

 but not muddy wet. 



Forming the Beds. 



IN forming Beds to receive the plants, the 

 first thing which claims attention is their 

 situation, which ought to be as open an ex- 

 posure as can be obtained, there to form a bed 

 or border three feet wide, pointing duly east 

 and west, and extended as far as may be con- 

 venient, in order to receive, on the south 

 side, a temporary shade or skreen, designed 

 to afford friendly protection to the blossom 

 and fruit, from the violent heat of mid-day 

 sun, and that they may receive the benefit 

 of early and late sun, after such skreen is 

 applied. 



That moisture and shade are natural, and 

 genial to the growth and perfection of this 

 race of plants, is easy to infer, from the cool 

 and shaded situations in which the wild 



