GENERAL REMARKS. 
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In the absence of boards, tread in tlie seed with your feet, 
or strike on the bed with the back of your spade or shovel ; 
but this should not be done when the ground is wet. 
If it be necessary at any time to sow seed in extremely dry 
weather, it is recommended to soak the seed in water, and 
dry it with sulphur. This practice, with attentive water- 
ing, will cause the seed to vegetate speedily. 
If it should be requisite to transplant any thing when the 
ground is dry, the transplanting should always be done as 
soon as the earth is turned over, and the roots of the plants, 
before they are set out, should be steeped in mud made 
of rich compost. 
I have, in most cases, recommended seed to be sown in 
drills drawn from eight to twelve inches apart, in preference 
to sowing broadcast, because the weeds can be more easily 
destroyed by means of a small hoe, which, if properly used, 
greatly promotes the growth of young plants. 
The following table may be useful to the gardener, in 
showing the number of plants 
or trees that 
may be raised on 
an acre of ground, when planted at any of the under-men- 
tioned distances : 
Distance apart. 
No. of Plants. 
Distance apart. 
No. of Plants. 
1 foot . . . 
. . 43,560 
9 feet . 
537 
H feet . . . 
. . 19,360 
12 feet . 
2 feet . . . 
. . 10,890 
15 feet . 
193 
2i feet . . . 
. . 6,969 
18 feet . 
3 feet . . . 
21 feet . 
98 
4 feet . . . 
. . 2,722 
24 feet . 
75 
5 feet . . . 
. . 1,742 
27 feet . 
59 
6 feet . . . 
. . 1,210 
30 feet . 
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The preceding table may serre is a guide to such as are 
not expert in arithmetic, in laying cut a garden, as it shows 
&t one view many proportions of an acre of land, in squares 
