364 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



JACKSON COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In the absence of any report from this society we place here some excellent 

 communications from the secretary of the society, Mr. R. T. McNaughtou: 



MULTUM IN PARVO. 



The discussions at the horticultural society the other day hit upon the very 

 thing I want to talk about in this paper, the double cropping of the ground — 

 making the most of a limited space; and I can do no better than to state the 

 conclusions arrived at in that meeting. The hints I shall offer are addressed 

 to those who, I suppose, have been following up the plans outlined for the care 

 of the space about the house, which are, in brief, to leave quite a proportion of 

 the space seeded to lawn, and ornamented with shrubs, trees and climbers; and 

 this for several reasons: 



1st — It requires much more labor and attention to cultivate the lot with veg- 

 etables than to take care of the lawn and shrubbery, and the man who has 

 other business can only give a little time each day. 



2d — It is no saving in money to put much time into the vegetable garden, be- 

 cause we can buy vegetables in ordinary cases cheaper than we can raise them. 



3d — The main object being the formation of a pleasant home, it is important 

 to give considerable space to the ornamental part of the grounds, this consider- 

 tion being heightened by the fact that such ornamentation pays by increasing 

 the selling value of the place. 



So we will settle back upon the supposition that it is best to make the veg- 

 etable garden quite small, and bend our efforts to getting a great deal out of a 

 small piece of ground. To this end we will endeavor to plan the time and sow- 

 ing of different vegetables, so that the ground shall be constantly occupied with 

 some growing crop from early spring till frost checks all growth. It may help 

 some who are unfamiliar with garden cultivation to give the dates at which, 

 approximately, seeds may be sown and give good results. Of course the date 

 will vary with different seasons. 



Peas may be sown as early as almost anything, and as late as May 1. 



Onion sets and seeds as soon as the ground can be worked. 



Snap beans, say May 1 to August 1. 



Lima beans not till the ground is well warmed up. 



Radishes, all the season till September 1. 



Lettuce, early. 



Corn, say from May 3 to July 10. 



Tomatoes, squash, cucumbers not till after corn planting time. The toma- 

 toes will, of course, be started in a hot-bed quite early, and the others may be, if 

 sown on a piece of sod bottom up, so that they can be handled in setting out, 

 without disturbing the roots, but cucumbers are in danger of the beetle till the 

 middle of June. 



