41G STATE IIOKTICULTUKAL SOCIETY, 



which in September and October is very likely, one good watering should be 

 given, sufficient to soak through the soil and well about the roots. A basin 

 should be made to keep the water from running away from the spot and to 

 assist its soaking in. After being well watered, the loose soil should be drawn 

 in lightly over the watered soil, which will then aid in preventing the water 

 from drying out soon again. — Gardeners' Monthly. 



VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



How can we better open this division than with the following quotation from 

 Burnett Landreth? 



Gardening in its higher sense is both an art and a science. It has arrived 

 at this estate by gradation, — slow compared with the development of many 

 other pursuits; but that is consequent upon the complex nature of its parts. 

 The development of a knowledge of geology, chemistry, meteorology, vegeta- 

 ble physiology, and botany, — indeed, something from all human learning, — 

 has gone to perfect the science of Agriculture and Horticulture, — pursuits 

 affording as wide a range of research in their ramifications as any topic occu- 

 pying the mind of man, and as important in their results as any occupation of 

 man. Gardening, which is agriculture upon circumscribed spaces, has ever 

 shared with the latter the esteem of mankind. Socrates said, " It is the source 

 of health, strength, plenty, riches, and honest pleasure." And an eminent 

 English writer said, "It is amid its scenes and pursuits that life flows pure, the 

 heart more camly beats." 



KITCHEN GAKDENS vs. DOCTOKS' BILLS. 



Somehow our farmers make a great mistake with their farming. I do not 

 say all farmers, but there are many. They have from 40 to 400 acres of land, 

 and yet their brothers in town have finer gardens and more small fruits than 

 the average farmer. Is there any good reason for this? The fanner will say, 

 "I have no time for making gardens, and it don't pay to let the hired help do 

 it." Yet, to say the least, it is very convenient to the house-wife to have a 

 garden to go to when she wants vegetables for dinner. I am sure the farmer 

 likes vegetables as well as any one, and the garden will save a grocer's bill, 

 and perhaps a doctor's bill. 



It is not so much the work we do as the warm house we stay in that is kill- 

 ing so many women. Not a moment to get out and inhale the fresh air. No, 

 she must stay in the house and bake, boil, stew, and make pies and cake to give 

 the family some kind of disease resulting from too rich food. Pies and cakes 

 are not healthy. Fruits and vegetables are. More fruit and less grease is what 

 we want. 



