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and work among the foliage may be easily found by 

 lamplight, and a few nights of careful hunting will rid 

 the bench of them. The others are more difficult to 

 find, but the same course must be pursued, and thor- 

 ough search made in the soil where one is suspected of 

 being secreted. A more detailed description of the 

 methods of destroying these worms will be found on 

 page 167. 



When a crop has nearly made its growth, it may be 

 hardened by a partial withholding of water, commenc- 

 ing with one end and progressing each day as fast as it 

 will be needed when ready to cut. In this way, when 

 cutting commences, it can all be taken, the bed cleaned, 

 mulched, watered and started into a new growth as 

 fast as the first crop is removed. A little liquid manure 

 applied with the water is very beneficial after growth 

 has commenced, and when beds are grown two years, 

 considerable of this will be needed the second year. I 

 would neither divide old roots for replanting, nor grow 

 them more than two seasons. It is better to grow from 

 seed and plant at least every two years, and thus be 

 enabled to furnish a new and unexhausted soil. Young 

 plants should be well grown in four inch pots by the 

 first of Augu&'t and ready to plant. 



Adiantums are also grown in large quantities for this 

 purpose. Of these, cuneaturn and gracillimum are used 

 most in connection with cut flower work and respond 

 to the same treatment. It is not necessary to raise 



