148 THE MANSE GARDEN. 



remarkable fact, that the difficulties which require 

 an increase of industry, or the ingenuity of a new 

 resource, heighten the flavour of this excellent 

 vegetable. 



.1. To annoy the enemy, trench the ground in 

 October or November, mixing with the upper stratum 

 a moderate portion of old manure, and give a fresh 

 digging immediately before sowing. The larvae, if 

 such there be, are thus buried. 



2. It will always be found that the worm is worse 

 in some parts of the garden than in others. Sow in 

 several places each season. 



3. Sow at different times from the first of March 

 to the middle of May. The insect, which has its 

 season, will not hit the crowquill size of the different 

 sowings, at which period of advancement the attack 

 is ruinous. 



4. Sow onions and carrots either mixed in broad- 

 cast or in alternate drills. 



5. Water the young plants with a strong soap lee 

 as soon as the insect makes its appearance, and repeat 

 the operation so long as the plant does not seem to 

 suffer by the affusion. 



6. Mauure the ground at the autumn or spring 

 digging with soot or salt. The latter must not be 

 applied in the proportion of more than forty bushels 

 to the acre* In too large quantity it may kill the 

 insect ; but it will also prevent every kind of vege- 

 table growth. 



7. With the above adjuncts always adopt one 

 grand rule namely, that of putting the crop into 

 the best condition for thriving, as it invariably fol- 

 lows that the dwindling growth of bad cultivation is 



