18 Cultivation, 
have been planted and they will come on well 
and soon form bushes. If you leave them high, 
they take years before they start growing again. 
If roots of seedlings are very long, cut taproot 
with a knive, the same if they are slightly broken. 
Always carry the plants with as much as possible 
of the soil attached to their roots. If you water 
the beds well before transplanting, the soil will 
hold better. If seedlings are very long, cut back 
_afew days after they have been transplanted 
particularly if they appear to have felt the sun, 
Cutting transplants right below the ground, and 
earthing up over the cut is a good plan, 
CHAPTER III. 
CULTIVATION. 
One deep hoeing and two or three light hoe- 
ings are all that are required by a hill garden. The 
garden ought to be hoed deeply in November, and 
as big clods as possible turned up and left un- 
broken thus letting as much light and air into the 
