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the large beds, about three feet from the box edging, 

 and some eight feet apart. Between each tree a cur- 

 rant or gooseberry bush may be planted ; these should 

 be raised from cuttings, grown to a single stalk, and 

 regularly winter-pruned. This mode of planting is 

 good in itself, and leaves all but the border of the 

 large beds for th-3 vegetables, strawberries, &c. One bed 

 may be occupied with strawberries and asparagus, but 

 the latter must be kept three or four feet from the 

 fruit trees. 



Having disposed of the principal permanent arrange- 

 ments, let us look: for a moment at such vegetables as 

 will have to be raised annually. For this purpose we 

 have left three of the large beds. It is taken for 

 granted that a good supply of well-prepared barn-yard 

 manure has been procured, as well as a set of steel 

 garden implements, which latter should always be kept 

 as bright as a new penny. First make up your mind 

 what you will grow, and how much of it. Then spread 

 on a good coating of manure, and spade twelve inches 

 deep. It is surprising to a novice how much can be 

 grown on a given surface. Beets, carrots, salsify, 

 parsnips, lima beans, and some others, will occupy the 

 ground the whole season. Beets should be sown thick, 

 in drills six inches apart, each alternate row to be used 

 for greens, as well as the thinnings of the others. 

 Between the carrots, &c., radishes may be sown. 



