. Descriptive catalogue and price list of fruit trees and plants, evergreen trees, roses, Nursery stock Tennessee Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Evergreens Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. The Forked-Deer Nurseries. 89 ASPARAGUS. To make a good Asparagus bed, the plants may be set in tlie fall or early spring. Prepare a piece of fine, loamy soil, to which has been added a liberal dressing of good manure. Select two-year, or strong one-year plants; and for garden, set in rows 18 to 20 inches apart, with plants 10 to 13 inches in a row. Make a small mound of the soil, over which
. Descriptive catalogue and price list of fruit trees and plants, evergreen trees, roses, Nursery stock Tennessee Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Evergreens Catalogs; Roses Catalogs. The Forked-Deer Nurseries. 89 ASPARAGUS. To make a good Asparagus bed, the plants may be set in tlie fall or early spring. Prepare a piece of fine, loamy soil, to which has been added a liberal dressing of good manure. Select two-year, or strong one-year plants; and for garden, set in rows 18 to 20 inches apart, with plants 10 to 13 inches in a row. Make a small mound of the soil, over which the roots should be evenly spread, so that the crowns, when covered, shall be three inches below the surface of the ground. If planted in the fall, the whole bed should be covered before winter sets in with two or three inches of stable manure, which may be lightly forked in between the rows as soon as the ground is softened in the spring. Dozen 50c.; 100 $ £V£RGR££NS. Price, except where noted, $ for 1 foot high and 50c. for each additional foot. ARBOR : {Thuja). American (Occidejttahs).—This plant is, all things considered, the finest ever- green. Valuable for hedges. It is very hardy, and easily transplanted, few or no plants ever failing if nursery specimens are obtained. It grows rapidly, and with lit- tle care, or rather by easy management, it soon forms a magnificent hedge, very dense, and perfectly impervious to the sight. Of course it is not adapted to turn stock, but it forms a most desirable and ornamental screen to divide the lawn from other parts of the ground, or for any other purpose. COMPACTA rParson's).—Foliage light green; habit dwarfish and quite compact. Ericoides {Heath Leaved).—Of low, dwarfish habit, forming a round, compact head, with delicate sharp pointed foliage. PyramidALis.—The most beauMful of all the Arbor Vitse, having dark green com- pact foliage and remarkably erect form; perfectly hardy. Siberian (Sibcrica).—The b
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