372 On the Transplantation of Plants, fyc. 



plant a couple of thousands in a day. In this, as in almost 

 all cases where plants are placed in rows, it will be found 

 advantageous to place the plants very near each other in the 

 rows, with comparatively wide intervals between the rows. 

 Four inches between each plant in the row, and a foot 

 between each row will be found to be a sufficient and proper 

 distance, and as the whole space of the beds will be fully 

 and closely occupied, the weight of produce, comparatively 

 with the extent of surface, will, T have good reason to be- 

 lieve, be generally found to be very great. 



The same mode of management may, I entertain no doubt, 

 be employed with much advantage in the culture of the dif- 

 ferent varieties of Beet; and, I believe, of the Swedish 

 Turnep, whenever that is transplanted ; for the mould will 

 adhere much more readily to wet than to dry roots; and it 

 is obviously advantageous that the roots of a plant, which 

 cannot be regularly watered in dry seasons, should be made 

 to descend deeply into the ground. 



Fibrous rooted plants also, I am inclined to infer from the 

 grounds above stated, will be found to succeed well under the 

 same mode of treatment; for these would readily emit, in 

 great abundance, new superficial roots. I am not however pre- 

 pared to speak upon the evidence of any direct experiment. 



