dki\T\ell & gox\£’ Complete Seed Gfuiele. 
The four accompanying illnstrations represent, as plainly as a finger-post, why and how plants 
grow do well, and vice versa. 
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 out growing the others, or, ih 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 remark applies to strawberries. 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. G in. 
distance between each row, and 2 ft. from plant to plant. Many of our best growers in Kent will 
have them 3 ft. apart always, and say, “ We must have fine fruit, small fruit does not pay for 
picking and packing.” To see what is wanted, and what to avoid, just adopt the above instructions, 
and apply the same to all gardening operations, and the garden will be a success and 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 every thing you undertake, and do 
all you can to assist and coax nature ; dive deeply into the cause and effect — remedy is often easy it 
you are anxious — this being so, one can hardly stray from the right path. 
Strawberries, like Potatoes, are always more fruitful when given a change of soil, conse- 
quently success depends a good deal on having runners from a purely different soil. 
Our Establishment 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 tbe lowest prices. 
Swanley has again this season far excelled all other localities. 
Col. Brockman, Dodslcy, Midhurst, 5 th July, 1891. 
“ The Strawberries supplied by you year before last are giving splendid resalts now. Col. B. will 
be glad to have some more plants. Will write again shortly.” 
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