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method, as practiced by the Italian gardeners, both 

 in their native country and on the sandy lands at 

 Ocean View, south of San Francisco. 



In Fig. 116 is shown another cabbage field recently 

 transplanted by the Chinese gardeners at San Ber- 

 nardino, Cal. In this case the field is quickly and 

 roughly -ridged and then the large plants hastily set 

 low down in one side of the ridge. After irrigation, 

 and when the water has settled away so as to permit 

 working, a little soil from the ridge is pulled about 

 the plants, as seen in the cut. In time the whole 

 ridge has been pulled over, leaving the plants stand- 

 ing in the center of the crest. 



The French about Paris throw their fields into 

 broad double ridges, wide enough to carry two rows 



Fig. 115. Basin flooding of cabbage in garden of sandy soil. 



