out in rows three feet apart, and eighteen inches apart
in the rows.

_Culture._--"After the piece is set, let the plants be kept very clean.
The earth should be occasionally stirred, when the rains have run the
surface together; and, when the plants come up, let them have their own
way the first season. As the plants will blossom the second season if
let alone, and the bearing of seed has a tendency to weaken every thing,
take off the flower-buds as soon as they appear, and not allow the
plants to seed. When the leaves begin to decay in autumn, clear them all
off, and dig a complete trench between the rows, and earth up the
ridges: that is, all the soil you take out must be laid on the plants,
so as to pile or bank up eight inches above the crowns of the roots,
thus forming a flat-topped bank a foot across; widening a little
downwards, so that the edges shall not break away. In doing this, the
piece is formed into alternate furrows and ridges; the plants being
under the centre of the ridges.

"As the weather gets warm in the spring, these banks should be watered;
and, when the surface is broken by the rising plant, remove the earth,
and cut off the white shoots close to their base: for these shoots form
the eatable portion; and, being blanched under ground, they are tender
and white, and from six to eight inches long. The shoots should be cut
as soon as they reach the surface; because, if the shoot comes through,
the top gets purple, and the plants become strong-flavored. As all of
the shoots will not appear at once, the bed should be looked over
frequently, and a shoot cut whenever it has broken the surface of the
soil; for, if not taken early, it soon becomes nearly worthless. In the
process of cutting the shoots, the earth becomes gradually removed; and
the tops of the plants, coming to the surface again, put forth other
shoots, which must be allowed to grow the remainder of the summer, only
taking off the blossom-shoots as before. When, at the fall of the year,
the leaves turn yellow, and decay, earth up again, after clearing the
plants of their bad leaves and removing every weed. Before earthing up,
fork the surface a little, just to break it up, that the earth may
better take hold, and form a regular mass."--_Glenny._

_Pot-forcing and Blanching._--"The ground, once planted, is as good for
pot-forcing as for any thing; except that, for pot-forcing, it is usual
to plant three plants in a triangle, about nine inc