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economizes not only labour, but manure and water also ; the 
plants, too, being in close proximity, afford a mutual shelter, 
and consequently a quicker growth ensues than under circum- 
stances of greater exposure, and on this altogether depend 
that crispness and solidity so desirable in this esculent. 
A root-crop is that which usually follows in the routine, 
being not only of a totally different character to the crops of 
the previous seasons, but, from the circumstance of the ground 
having been cultivated so deeply, and so frequently and 
thoroughly aerated, it might be considered to be in a state 
well adapted for their growth, and more especially the tap- 
rooted sections of that class. 
VINERY AND PLANTHOUSE COMBINED. 
