36 STRAW BERRIES 
A little drainage material is necessary at the bottom, - 
filling up the barrel with good loam mixed with a little 
decayed manure. Six plants will be enough for each 
circle, unless the barrel be very large, and three or 
four of these circular rows will be enough, the plants 
being put into position early in the new year, and 
STRAWBERRY—KEEN’S SEEDLING 
during the process of filling up the barrel. A few 
plants are planted on the top of the barrel. 
Stand the barrels on a few bricks, or other solid 
foundation, so as to raise them slightly above the sur- 
rounding level. | Water liberally, and give liquid 
manure when the fruits have set. If it is desirable 
that the fruits should ripen at about the same time, 
then arrangements must be made for turning the barrels 
every day or two, so that all the plants receive the 
