GARDEN YARD a 
and all asparagus brush whether garden or wild. 
Read Massachusetts Bulletin 61; Iowa Bulletin 
53; Farmer’s Bulletin 61, p. 30. 
RHUBARB. 
Of all the perennial garden plants rhubarb 
is the easiest to grow, and the most inexperienced 
may be sure of success. It is very hardy and 
the roots remain in the garden all winter, even 
in climates where the frost is heavy and the cold 
quite severe. But in spite of its hardiness and 
willingness to flourish under ordinary conditions, 
rhubarb responds quickly to good care and 
gives such enormously increased returns that it 
pays to attend to it. 
Rhubarb likes a deep, rich soil, thoroughly 
cultivated and fertilized before the plants are 
set out. It is usually more satisfactory to 
propagate by roots than by seed, although some 
growers prefer to raise their plants from seed. 
Like asparagus, rhubarb will last twenty years, 
if given a good start and if the roots are oc- 
casionally separated. . All this time it will 
yield large, tender, juicy stalks if the soil be in 
good condition, and if a little tillage i is given to 
the plant in fall and spring. 
Set out the plants in rows where the soil has 
been fertilized, is deep and in good tilth. The 
