. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. i the gi rich, and rake it fine. Then make shallow drills about an inch deep ; whiten the drills with air-slaked lime, to keep worms and insects fiom eating the young roots. Sow the seed in the drills, cov- ering about kin. deep with fine dirt run through a sieve of %in. mesh. When plants are about an inch high
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. i the gi rich, and rake it fine. Then make shallow drills about an inch deep ; whiten the drills with air-slaked lime, to keep worms and insects fiom eating the young roots. Sow the seed in the drills, cov- ering about kin. deep with fine dirt run through a sieve of %in. mesh. When plants are about an inch high, draw good, fine dirt to the roots, so that the seed-bed is nearly level and all the weeds are covered. The plants are hardier and better when grown in the open ground than when started under glass. Forthe permanent quarters, plow ground that has been well and heavily manured with cow-manure the previous season ; then harrow thor- oughly. Scatter 20 to 30 bushels of common lime to the acre, if thought necessary, then plow again and harrow well. With a one-horse plow make furrows the length of' the field al)Out 3 or 4 inches deep and 2'« feet apart. In these furrows one mnn drops the plants in two rows about 12 r two men to plant. Do not iii;i-h :.i . ,.1 ,.t T'M> 1.' I' ;.-rs, so that they have tfi'^li .1,!: I >.t the plants. By this inctliiHl I;,. |, ! i I r a dry spell follows in let stand for about two wi-iks, then scatter 100 pounds of guano or other fertilizer to the acre, and work the land with a spike-tooth cultivator, with no shovels, so that no dirt is thrown on the small plants. Hand-hoe ASTILBE 115 between the plants, running horse and cultivator twice in each row. The cultivator loosens the ground as deep as it was plowed. Cultivate and hoe every two weeks, especially after it has rained, until buds appear; then keep clean by hand. When blooms begin to appear, mulch liberally with tobacco stems, to keep down weeds and to kill aphis at the roots. When
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