44 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



plants with a more abundant supply of food than shallow 

 soils. Especially for all tap-rooted plants, a deep soil is 

 indispensable. In the preparation of your garden, then, 

 see thai the ground is dry, deep, and rich, (iood vege- 

 tables will not grow in a wet soil; a shallow soil will not. 

 furnish them with a regular supply of moisture ; and the 

 crops growing upon a poor soil never repay the labor 

 bestowed upon them. 



