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about 3 ft. wide, sufficient space being left between each for the 
will tend to remedy this defect. n blanket or canvas to be 
nights, it will be found beneficial to prepare ^to p rotect 
thrown over the ground already sown, supported > 1 P®£> > V 
the seeds and young plants from the inclemency ' f ^‘ e can 
the absence of rain, they must be watered with a * tb ' 
and in the event of too much rain, protected witii sto ^ ^ 
manner above s ^ d ' ^^“TSdly-Tlie mode of transplanting, 
allowed to remain in the beds, lln } ig 24 months, 
The young plants after attaining an age of from 18 to-4 mOT 
^le^fOTnmtioifof 1 
£ t"th s 
reception of the roots of the young P/ • 2 in must be 
generally a fusiform rqot from which a piece of!ab^ “ f the 
Lt off. ’ The plants so prepared slundd be tad onto surface ot ^ 
ground in the trench m such a a -1 .md the lower portion 
should be supported by the unbroken groaned Ae to 
covered in with some of the earth taken from the^tx ^ ^ 
must be slightly compressed with ^reinaini 1115 portion of 
placed a layer of stable manure, an > J plants have been 
the earth taken out of he trench. After the yom ^ bc ^ tQ 
set according to these * for P t h e purpose of increasing the 
within six inches of the gr > k " springing up from the 
3 ^ro, troubf - - S£l 
maintain the hunu&ty cultivator8 are awar c that loose earth will 
