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eight or nine inches, but that in time, 

 when the roots come to fpread> will be 

 too narrow. 



When this is done, open all the 

 points where the line has croffed five 

 or fix inches wide, and about an inch or 

 two deep, and fpread the roots of the 

 afparagus, as the roots of an elm or o- 

 ther tree is fpread 5 for the fqueezing 

 them together, and fetting them with a 

 dibber is not a good way, inafmuch as 

 it forces the root to run downwards, 

 and not to expand it felf as it ought 

 to do. 



This done, cover in the root with a- 

 bout three or four inches of mold, and 

 the beds being all leveird and fmooth'd, 

 thereon you may fow a thin crop of 

 onions, lettuce, and other falletings, as 

 ufual, but not thick. 



The earth being all frefh and ^ooiy of the/um- 

 there will be little occafion of renew- /^^^Z 

 ing or laying on any dreffes on yonr^'^^sieZ^' 

 ground for two or three years to come, 

 after they are planted ; but you muft 

 every winter lay on a little long litter, 

 to keep the froft out of the ground, 

 and in the fpring, when it is rotten, 

 ftir it about, and dig out a little earth, 



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