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the eastern boundary line of the garden was an 

 arched trellis, on the opposite sides of which peas 

 and Lima beans grew. At the foot of the trellis 

 were radishes, and as soon as they were harvested, 

 lettuce plants (that had been started in another 

 part of the garden) were moved in. A tomato 

 plant occupied one of the uprights of this trellis, 

 so that the one-foot strip of ground actually ac- 

 commodated five crops. 



"The 1 2-foot trellis at the back of the garden 

 has a similar history. It was sowed the entire 

 length with pole beans. At each of the five 

 uprights there was a tomato plant. A lemon 

 cucumber climbed on this trellis, and some 

 asparagus beans, making iour crops at the same 

 time. 



"Sometimes a second crop was sown before the 

 first one was off the ground. This was accomplished 

 by planting the row a few inches away from the 

 old one, and as soon as the latter was removed the 

 young crop had all the room it required and yet 

 had the advantage of several days' start. Double 

 rows are another help to economy of space. Slow 

 maturing crops can be either sowed or transplanted 

 on each side of a row of small vegetables, such as 

 onions, which will be cleared in time for the later 

 crops to fill the space. 



"The garden provided for use outside of its own 

 boundaries about three hundred carrot plants, 

 nearly three dozen corn plants, about two dozen 

 Lima beans, and several chard seedlings, all of 

 which were successfully transplanted. It also pro- 



