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HOCKINGS GARDEN MANUAL. 



cloudy weather should be selected as the most favor- 

 able, and the roots ought never to be exposed to the 

 sun or wind for a moment. When trees have 

 travelled any distance, and appear shrivelled, they 

 should be carefully protected from the direct rays of 

 the sun and high winds, and the bark be kept damp 

 until they begin to grow • but, in doing so, see that 

 they have sufficient light, and that the earth does not 

 get too wet. Directions for planting will be found in 

 the article on the apple. 



A TABLE 



Showing the Number of Plants an Acre of Land will 

 contain. 



Feet 



No. of 





Feet 



Ko. of 



Feet 



No. of 



asunder. 



Plants. 





asunder. 



Plants. 





asunder. 



Plants. 



2 



10,890 







537 





20 



108 



3 



4,840 





10 



435 





21 



98 



4 



2,722 





12 



302 





25 



69 



5 



1,742 





15 



193 





30 



48 



8 



680 





18 



134 





35 



35 



Pule. — Multiply the distances into each other, and with 

 the product divide 43,560 (the number of square feet in an 

 acre), and the quotient is the number of plants. 



+ — _ 



THE HYBRIDIZATION OF 

 PLANTS. 



This is a subject alike interesting to the amateur 

 and the professional gardener. Its success depends 

 upon facts so easily understood, and the results 

 obtained by it have been so important, that every 

 person possessing a garden should be acquainted 

 with it. 



