. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. ASPARAGUS. \^Asparn(jri,si officinalis, LiN. Asperge, Pr. Spargel, CtER. Haparragos, Sp.] One ounce w
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. ASPARAGUS. \^Asparn(jri,si officinalis, LiN. Asperge, Pr. Spargel, CtER. Haparragos, Sp.] One ounce will sow about fifty feet of drill. CULTURE.—Soak the aeert twentj--four hours in tepid water and sow early In Spring, in diills two inches deep and rows a foot apart, and keep thoroughlj^ clean frequent weed- ing and hoeing. When grown an Inch or so, thin to twelve inches apart. In the following Spring the i)lants will be I'eady to remove to pei'manent beds. This shonhl be prepared with more than usnal care, as, when once established, the plants will yield abundautlj' for many years. Where it can be done, the roots ought to be set not less than two feet and a hall apart each way. This is a greater distance than is generallj' allowed; but, when the bed becomes thoroughly established, it will be found none too great. In cases whei-e limited space renders this distance impracticable, give as mnch room as possible, but never have less than eighteen inches each way between the plants. Place the roots in their natnral position, and cover four inches deep. A light, sandy loam, two feet deep and perfectly drained, is the most snitr able. Eich, well-rotted manure sufficient to cover the bed six inches should be trenched into the soil to the depth of two feet, as the roots will reach that depth in a few years. During Summer water liberally with liquid manure. It should not be cut for the table during the fli'St year, and very sparingly during tlie second year. The next season the bed w
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