FOR YOUNG GARDENERS. 



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barrel. Make a similar row of holes four to six inches 

 from the top and a row of holes between the two rows. 

 Take an old conductor, land tile or even four laths. 

 Make holes in them, and place in the center of the barrel. 

 Through this the plants will be watered. Use half soil, 

 half manure, with some bone mixed in it. Fill up to the 

 first row of holes, set the plants by putting them inside 

 and pulling out the leaves through the holes in the first 

 row. Fill up the barrel to the second row and set the 

 plants in the same way, and the third row the same. 

 Always be sure and press the soil firmly, before setting the 

 plants. Fill the barrel full and set six plants in the top. 

 Many persons can have one or more barrels of strawberries 

 in their yards when they have not room for a strawberry 

 bed. A single barrel may yield fifteen to twenty quarts. 



