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tance; fo that before they have attained the due fize, they will be far beyond the -proper limits; and, by intermixing with one another through the whole foil, they foon exhauft it of all the nourifhment it contained, which ftints them in their growth before they have attained the magnitude required.

But, inftead of planting them at this time 1n rows, only twelve or fixteen inches apart from one another, as is ufually done, I would advife that the rows fhould be five or fix, or, at the leaft, four feet dif- tance from one another, which will allow all the operations neceffary for forming the roots to be properly performed; and the plants will be fupplied with fuch a- bundant nourifhment, as to keep them al- ways inaftate of very vigorous vegetation.

Nor will the frugal nurferyman lofe any thing by allowing fuch a diftance between the rows as is here prefcribed: for, if the ground is in the high order that has been recommended, it will be ina condition to carry, between the rows, any fort of garden-plant that he may incline, in almoft as great abundance‘as if no

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