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some system of artifuial training Ik; not rtsorlcd to, it muht vcr)* %iton outgrow tlic 

 plants whirh arc intendetl to shade it. IVw trees ran kix-p |»ace with the V • "• 

 plant ; and even were it otherwise, it would not lie advivil»le to let the plant 

 straij-ht up, because they would very soon get out of reach in this |)osition, so that 

 n ladiliT would have to Ik* used in Ratherin^ the pods, fcrtili/ii ' 



other hand, the plants ought to be allowed to run straight up t 



al)out 6 feet in height, as it is well known that the more ix.T|)endicular the pLint 

 the (iui<-ker it will grow. Hut to prevent this taking place, \hAvs of a^Kiut 7 t 



length arc driven into the ground, |>eq)endicularly, about 8 feet a|>art, and •■• 



well firmed, hori/ontal bars are attached to them, one fool a|)art. As soon as the 

 \anilla has reached the top of this construction it is trained along the horizontal 

 bars and thus prevented from getting too much sun. 



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The <juantity of water re<juired is greatly modifietl ... >..- ^.... ... > , 



and kind of soil in which the plants are growing ; but if planted in the c. :i 

 previously recommended, a good watering twice a week in the hot season, and once 



a week in the cold season, will Ik- generally found sufTicient, but •<' ' ' ' ■• 



given until the ground Ik* fountl thoroughly drv, ns nothini: will kill t; r 

 than stagnant water at their roots. 



.M.\.\LRIN(; .\.M> SLRlALi: DRKS.SlNti. 

 Of the various manures applied to the Vanilla, nothing has been found to suit 

 the plants better than vegetable niould, es|>ecially when mixed with a little charcoal 

 or wood ashes, and the plants will Ik* greatly Unefited by a surface «'- ' •' s 



manure in the second year of the plantation, at which date, should .1 - 



be found to have ixrnetrated the natural soil lying Ixrtween the trenches it should 

 Ik* turned over with a digging fork, adding at the same ti 

 manure, but should the r<K>ts Ik* found not to have rea< '' 



sufficient to remove the surface to a depth of alnnit 2 in< h< ■ et in width on 



each side of the Vanilla stems, and replace with manure. 



1 krui.i/.ation. 



.Self fertiliz-ation in the Vanilla, • \n /'.//..• , of rare occi:-- 



».. ,Mv .!M;ful extent, owing to the i:.; .^n of the !.......,.,.!, which in a j 



