H. CANNELL & SONS’ AUTUMN CATALOGUE. 109 
The four accompanying illustrations represent, as plainly as a finger-post, why and how plants grow, 
do well, and vice versd. ' 
No. 1 is planted much too deep. No. 2 has its roots rammed and jammed too close together, 
and half-drowned when the weather is wet. No. 3 is far too much above soil, nearly starved, 
and the life blown out of it in windy weather. No. 4, being properly and naturally planted 
in the right way and time, clearly illustrates its far outgrowing the others, or in other words, 
showing right and wrong way of planting. Strawberries planted in August will bear fine 
large fruit the following year. Money will be coming in, all things made sunny, and the garden 
going on merrily. The great and most essential thing is to well trench and manure the soil. In 
doing this, pray never bring the bottom dead soil to the top ; let it be so done that the manure is well 
mingled, put the soil in the same position as before. Soil cannot be too well pulverised. As an 
instance — in Swanley district the ground for Potatoes is ploughed five times, with the result that we 
have the best quality of this vegetable in the world. The ploughboy says, “Potatoes must have 
plenty of crumb.” The same remarks apply to Strawberries. To get this hoe an inch of fine 
dusty soil on the surface, this will keep in the moisture and the sun out ; they will then 
withstand any drought. After well preparing the soil, level and roll or tread it, and the 
planting done with a small spade ; make sure that the roots of the plants inserted are 
well spread out, press the soil down firmly with the foot until the crown is just above the 
soil. (See No. 4.) This should be repeated fortnightly, until the plants are well established. Let 
there be 2 ft. 6 in. distance between each row, and 2 ft. from plant to plant. Many of our best 
growers in Kent will have th3in 3 ft. apart always, aud say, “We must have fine fruit, small fruit 
will not sell." To see what is wanted, and what to avoid, the art of gardening is to see clearly, by 
adopting the above instructions, and applying the same to all gardening operations, the garden will be 
a success, and a pleasure. Give way to leisure and it will revert to a wilderness. If you want to 
succeed, let all your garden operations be guided by calmness and reason ; be collected in everything 
you undertake, and do all you can to assist and coax nature, dive deeply into tho cause and effect — 
remedy is often easy if you are anxious — then one can hardly stray from the path of success. 
Strawberries, like Potatoes, are always more fruitful when given a change of soil, consequently 
success depends a good deal on having runners from a purely different soil. 
Our Establishments being located in the midst of hundreds of acres of all the best Strawberries 
and Raspberries, enables us to offer fine plants, and good sure-cropping kinds, at the lowest prices. 
Swanley has again this season far excelled all other localities for its quantity and quality of fruit. 
