62 THE CULTURE OF 



Directions for forming- the Beds. 



If the business of planting be deferred so 

 late as Christmas, the plants will have 

 formed young suckers half an inch long, by 

 which the fruitage of the first summer will 

 be materially affected ; that it will always 

 be best to plant them out, as soon as they 

 incline to shed their leaves. 



Forming the Beds. 



IN forming the beds, it will be found ad- 

 vantageous to fix on a convenient situation, 

 low, cool, and moist, which will invariably 

 prove favourable to the free growth of these 

 plants in each variety. 



Being provided with a sufficient quantity 

 of bog soil, or similar compost, as is pre- 

 scribed, proceed to form the beds or trenches 

 designed to be planted, by digging out the 

 common earth in one direct line, pointing 

 east to west, one foot and a half wide, of 



