November 4, 1886. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
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graph in the article above referred to, in which he admits the value (as 
pointed out by me in my previous article) of the intelligent drainage of 
such soils as that at Marston, but does not see his way clear to adopt it, 
the surface soil, and this he employs as an argument against deep cultiva¬ 
tion of the other parts of the garden. N >w, in the case of the drain re¬ 
ferred to is it rational to expect that a drain probably from 5 to 10 feet 
Fig. 59.— Chrysanthemums.— 1, La Triomphante ; 2, Phcebus ; 3, William Holmes. 
because a deep stokehole drain that.was put in a few years ago has very 
justly failed to show signs of its having beneficially improved the soil in 
its immediate vicinity. He complains, too, of the ungenial nature of the 
ubsoil thrown out this deep drain, some of which became mixed with 
below the surface, covered with nearly the same depth of clay, is going to 
act in the same beneficial manner in draining off the surface water as 
one 18 inches to 2 feet deep would ? Certainly not. Deep draining on 
such soils is next to useless if the drains are covered with clay, for the 
