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planting boxes, using light, sandy compost. Only one 

 or two plants should be allowed to grow, but it is well 

 to use one or two extra seeds. "When the seeds are 

 sown, the pots or boxes should not be filled more than 

 one-half full of soil, but as the plants develop they 

 should be filled up with rich compost. The seeds will 

 germinate best at 70 or 80 degrees, and if started in a 

 lettuce house, they should be placed in the warmest 

 portion, upon about six inches of fresh horse manure, 

 over which three inches of soil should be placed, and 

 covered with hotbed sash, to hold the heat. Another 

 method is to sow the seeds in flats filled with sand, and 

 transplant to pots. The beds should be ten to twelve 

 inches deep, with an inch or so of drainage at the bot- 

 tom. Upon the clinkers, or similar material that is used 

 for this pui-pose, a layer of rich pasture sods should be 

 placed, and on this about six inches of rich compost, 

 prepared about the same as for roses, except that more 

 manure is desirable, and the soil used should be of a 

 rather more sandy nature. While in the pots, the plants 

 should not be checked by lack of water or of plant food, 

 and under no conditions should they become pot-bound; 

 they can be easiest cared for if plunged in a brisk bot- 

 tom heat. 



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When about to run, they should be planted out, 

 giving each plant at least four square feet of space. 

 In houses with wide beds, it will be well to have the rows 

 it least three feet apart, while five or six will be prefer- 

 able, and to grow the plants with two in a box or pot, 

 setting them three feet apart in the rows, and training 

 the plants in opposite directions. Between the rows the 

 trellises are placed. These consist ot wires one foot 

 apart upon either side of an A-shaped framework, 

 extending nearly to the glass. The vine will be trained 

 up on either side and it will form a series of galleries. 



