100 THE CULTURE OF 



To keep the Beds sufficiently watered. 



about an inch thick, regularly between the 

 rows ; then reduce the embankment formed 

 at the time of planting on the sides and ends 

 of the bed, by throwing away the earth, the 

 more readily to shoot off all wet to prevent 

 inundation from heavy rains and dissolving 

 snows. 



Early in the spring, on the weather be- 

 coming dry, make clean the surface of the 

 ground, with a sharp hoe, between the rows 

 throughout, renewing the embankment on 

 each side, and at the ends of the bed, the bet- 

 ter to retain all copious rains or waterings 

 during the spring and summer seasons ; and 

 on the first symptom of the ground becoming 

 dry, which sometimes happens in March and 

 April, it will be advantageous to deluge the 

 bed by one copious supply of water, gently 

 administered by a pot or pan having a rose, 

 as at first planting, the more effectually to 

 secure them against extreme drought of the 



