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have not seen it in our country, but here, where 

 earliness is so much prized, it would be well to 

 give it a trial. 



Dandelion Salad. — It is a wonder that some 

 attention is not given to improving this, so as to 

 make it a standard garden vegetable. In this 

 part of Pennsylvania the fields and fence rows 

 have numerous dandelion gatherers about them 

 in early Spring, and the salad bowl they prepare 

 is welcomed by the whole family. We have 

 known roots to be dug in Fall, and to be set 

 thick under a hot-bed sash, with a mat thrown 

 over as they grow, to blanche them, and think 

 the product much superior to Lettuce or Endive. 



Celery Fly. — The larvae of the Celery Fly 

 ( Tephrites onopordinis) in soiue seasons do much 

 mischief to the Celery crops, and as yet no effec- 

 tual remedy has been discovered. When celery 

 is infested with the larvfe the leaves become 

 blistered and turn yellow, and as the grubs are 

 underneath the blisters, they maj^ be crushed 

 between the finger and thumb. The grubs, 

 when full-grown, descend into the earth, and re- 

 main in the chrysalis state until the following 

 Spring, when they give birth to the fly, which in 

 due course deposits the eggs on the leaves. 

 Therefore, to prevent the attack of the pest the 

 next year, leaves badly infested should be re- 

 moved and burnt, to prevent the grubs attaining 

 their full development. — Gardener's Magazine. 



Carrots. — One of the most delicious of vegeta- 

 bles at this season of the year is the Early French 

 Short Horn Carrot, sown in July. The French 

 cooks are fond of these little Carrots for culinary 

 purposes, and in large establishments it is usual 

 to sow a good breadth of them in Summer. The 

 ground needs to be deeply dug, and be light and 

 rich on the surface. The best plan is to sow in 

 drills, somewhat thinly, and then no thinning- 

 out is required, as^iris the practice to pull the 

 Carrots when about the size of a man's forefin- 

 ger, and the strongest plants soon reach that 

 stage. In France the custom appears to be to 

 sow in September to get an early crop in May, 

 but by sowing in July a crop is had in October 

 and onwards ; and by giving the lines of plants 

 some shelter during frosty weather, after a little 

 soil has been thrown upon them, a supply of de- 

 licious little Carrots is had all the Winter. The 

 French Short Horn Carrot is distinguished from 

 the ordinary Early Horn by its shorter but equal- 

 ly plump handsome root, and is much more de- 



serving of out-door culture during Summer than 

 the measure of approval usually accorded to it 

 would indicate. It is an early and most profit- 

 able crop, making but a spare upward growth, 

 and therefore it can be grown more closely to- 

 gether than is usual with Carrots. The fact that 

 it is beginning to be found on the exhibition table 

 in the case of early shows, may be accepted as a 

 proof that its good qualities are being more 

 largely recognized. — Gardener's Chronicle, 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



A Water Barrow.— F. N., Asheville, N. C, 

 writes: "I have some trouble with the Black 

 Aphis on young cherry trees, and have kept 

 them down somewhat by a hand syringe and 

 water-pot. Can you tell me whether there is any 

 combined syringe and water barrow that would 



enable us to get over such work more rapidly? 

 Every garden ought to have something of the 

 kind." Most of our dealers' catalogues contain 

 descriptions of useful wheel engines. One of 

 the best so far is the one Ave gave in an early 

 number of our work, and which we here repro- 

 duce.— Ed. G. M. 



Cranberries in Southern Utah. — A. L. S., 

 Ranch, Utah, writes: "Lying near my fiirm is a 

 lake or pond of several acres. It is surrounded 



