DREER'S MID-SUMMER LIST. 



Planted too Shallow. 



Planted too Deep. 



Wrong Way of Planting 



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Directions far Garden Culture. 



To cultivate the Strawberry for family use, we recommend planting iu beds four feet wide, with an 

 alley two feet wide between each bed. These beds will accommodate three rows of plants, which may stand 

 fifteen inches apart each way, and the outside row nine inches from the alley. The beds cau be kept clean 

 easier and the fruit gathered without setting the feet upon them. The ground should be well prepared by 

 trenching or plowing at least ten or twelve inches deep, and be enriched with well-rotten manure, ground 

 bone, wood ashes, or any good fertilizer. In setting out Pot-Grown Plants, press the soil firmly about 

 the plants and scarcely any will fail to grow. If the weather is hot and dry, wet the soil thoroughly and 

 mulch with some coarse material until the plants are established ; keep well cultivated and free from weeds. 

 "When the plants begin to throw out runners, they should be cut off, to establish strong plants. When the 

 ground freezes in the early winter, cover the entire bed with salt meadow hay to the depth of one or two 

 inches. If this cannot be had. use straw, which is improved by being cut ; cornstalks, long manure, leaves, 

 shavings or other material that will not pack and smother the plant, will answer the purpose. In the early 

 spring remove part of the covering, and place as much as possible under the foliage of the plant, to keep 

 the fruit clean and the weeds from growing. 



Plants by Express. 



"We forward by express at the purchaser's expense. The plants are packed compactly and as light as 

 possible, and we recommend purchasers to have their orders forwarded in this manner. JVo charge for 

 boxes or packing. 



Plants by Mail. 



It is not desirable to send Pot-Grown Plants in this way, as the earth must be removed, and the 

 plants packed in damp moss to carry safely ; but we will do so when ordered, and also send out Layer 

 Plants by mail, postage paid at dozen rates. Wlien plants are ordered at hundred rates 

 to be sent by mail, twenty cents per hundred must be added for postage. 



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