The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . Fig. ment of the tap-root will tiller quite as well, and for aconsiderable time present as jiromising an appearanceas those which have ; it is only when increased heightand the swelling ear acts forcibly upon the roots thatthe defect begins to be seriously disadvantageous ; theythen become lodged or root-fallen. Dry weather mustalso be more prejudicial to these superficially-rootedplants, since their descending roots are both less strongaud less numerous than the others. The hand-dibble of your correspondent Capensis seems to be an useful
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . Fig. ment of the tap-root will tiller quite as well, and for aconsiderable time present as jiromising an appearanceas those which have ; it is only when increased heightand the swelling ear acts forcibly upon the roots thatthe defect begins to be seriously disadvantageous ; theythen become lodged or root-fallen. Dry weather mustalso be more prejudicial to these superficially-rootedplants, since their descending roots are both less strongaud less numerous than the others. The hand-dibble of your correspondent Capensis seems to be an useful implement ; its oporaiiun, how-ever, must be slow, and I should think the pressure itexercises would be likely to destroy the seed in hard orstrong soils. The machine which 1 have already alludedto in your columns acti upon a principle somewhatsimilar, except that it obviates this probable disadvan-tage, by sinking the solid end of the dibble inthe soil,then deliveringtlie seed, aud afterwards pressing it dp not know whether it has ever been practi
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