. Asparagus culture : the best methods employed in England and France. Asparagus. ASPARAGUS CULTURE. 11 heat is brisk and genial enough, this plan is good. Another very important way is by bringing the heat to the roots, and cer- tainly by this plan a more permanent and stable kind of " grass" is obtained, because plant or root is not in the least disturbed. But it is an expensive way, though simple. The beds are in the first place very well made of rich deep soil, and the alleys of these beds are dug out to a depth of 3 feet or so, and then bricked ; or, in other words, the Aspa- ra
. Asparagus culture : the best methods employed in England and France. Asparagus. ASPARAGUS CULTURE. 11 heat is brisk and genial enough, this plan is good. Another very important way is by bringing the heat to the roots, and cer- tainly by this plan a more permanent and stable kind of " grass" is obtained, because plant or root is not in the least disturbed. But it is an expensive way, though simple. The beds are in the first place very well made of rich deep soil, and the alleys of these beds are dug out to a depth of 3 feet or so, and then bricked ; or, in other words, the Aspa- ragus beds are made between low brick walls, perforated with " pigeon holes," to admit of the heat entering freely ; and whenever forcing commences, the bricked trench on each side of a bed is filled with fermenting manure, covered over by a rough shutter, and the beds themselves with small wooden frames made to fit ; these are, of course, only placed on during forcing, the beds being exposed in the summer season. The beds should not be more than 4 or 5 feet wide, to admit of the ready percolation of heat. This method is, however, only suited for places where a good deal of expense is devoted to the garden ; and the modification or improvement of it, which consists in having hot-water pipes passing between each bed and the chamber covered with a slab of stone, is a much more expensive one. ~No matter what system is employed, a steady heat of from 60° to 65° will be found most suitable. Another way of heating the beds is by means of hot-water pipes. This is a modification or improvement of the last mode, and is the same as is practised in the Eoyal Gardens at. Section of two Beds with Alley between them, and half of two corresponding Alleys. Frogmore. It is certainly a very expensive method ; yet it must be admitted it is the most satisfactory in the end. At Frogmore the beds are 75 feet long and 7 feet wide, their sides being built with brick, " pigeon-hole"
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