336 On the Modes of Cultivating Asparagus in Austria. 



but not less than three grains in each hole, so that if one or 

 two should fail, there is still hope of the remainder taking. 



" In order to preserve the whiteness of the Asparagus 

 shoots, they should be covered with a wooden or earthen pipe 

 of twelve or fifteen inches height, with a hole in the top." 



