Lay -out of a Rome Garden 



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Of the home vegetable -garden, Hunn writes as follows in 

 the "Garden-Book 



"Make the vegetable -garden ample, but economize labor. 

 Plant the things in rows, not in beds. Then they can be tilled 

 easily, either by horse- or hand-tools. Wheel-hoes will accom- 

 plish most of the labor of tillage in a small garden. Have the 

 rows long, to avoid waste of time in turning and to economize 

 the land. One row can be devoted to one vegetable ; or two or 

 more vegetables of like requirements (as parsnips and salsify) 

 may comprise a row. Have the permanent vegetables, as rhubarb 

 and asparagus, at one side, where they will not interfere with the 

 plowing or tilling. The annual vegetables should be grown on 

 different parts of the area in succeeding years, thus practicing 

 something like a rotation of crops. If radish or cabbage maggots 

 or club -root become thoroughly established in the plantation, 

 omit for a year or more the vegetables on which they live. 



"Make the soil deep, mellow and rich before the seeds are 

 sown. Time and labor will be saved. Rake the surface fre- 

 quently to keep down weeds and to prevent the soil from baking. 

 Radish seeds sown with celery or other slow- germinating seeds 

 will come up quickly, breaking the crust and marking the rows. 

 About the borders of the vegetable -garden is a good place for 

 flowers to be grown for the decoration of the house and to give 

 to friends. Along one side of the area rows of bush-fruits may 

 be planted. 



"A home vegetable -garden for a family of six would require, 

 exclusive of potatoes, a space not over 100 by 150 feet. Begin- 

 ning at one side of the garden and running the rows the short 

 way (having each row 100 feet long), sowings may be made, as 

 soon as the ground is in condition to work, of the following : 



Fifty feet each of parsnips and salsify. 



One hundred feet of onions, 25 feet of which may be potato 

 or set onions, the balance black- seed for summer and fall use. 



Fifty feet of early beets, 50 feet of lettuce, with which 

 radish may be sown to break the soil and be harvested before 

 the lettuce needs the room, 



