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at least twenty-six inches be left between the plants ; 

 but we must also point out the best way to lay them out 

 relatively to each other. Indeed, several difterent plans 

 might be adopted, in order to obtain that result. 



In the South, where the plants are set far apart, they 

 may be laid out in quincunxes, as in Figure 14, or in 

 squares, of four only, as in Figure 15. In the quin- 

 cunx, each plant occupies one of the angles of an equi- 



[Fig. 14.] — Vines planted [Fig. 15,] — Fines planted 

 in quincunxes. in squares. 



lateral triangle [A, Fig, 14]; they are equally distant on 

 all sides. The plow may be used in three different 

 directions. In square planting, each plant occupies 

 the angle of a right-angled triangle [B, Fig. 15] ; they 

 are not equi-distant on all sides, and the plow can only 

 be used in two different directions. Lastly, the most 



