epitob's table. 



shoots, and the bonriiig sr.isou is leiigthoned. So also with tomatoes ; topping each shoot 

 just above the Howor bunches, will niako a ditTerencc of some days in the fruit iii)ouing. 



Sj)inaeh, lettuce and caulillower, may have a cool and shaded aspect, to i)rolong their 

 growth, lu the sun they are apt to trrow rapiilly to seed. 



To keep up a. regular supply of vegetables throughout the season, care must be exercised 

 in jiutling down suecessioual crops. Make two or three; sowings, at intervals of a few weeks, 

 of such seeds as peas, beans, beet, carrot, cabbage, radishes, 6ic. For condiments, cookery, 

 and other purposes, we append the following list, which may bo had from the seed stores, 

 and which may now be sown : Basil, anise, cardoons, dill, fennel, caraway, celeriac, 

 finochio, marygold, marjoram, nasturtium, tansy, skirret, scurvy grass, savory, cress, chervil 

 and mustard. 



Hardy Fruit. — Fork up slightly between the rows of strawberries, if the soil is very 

 compact. Never use a spado unless to dig up the bed ; no plant repays extra care more 

 certainly than the strawberry, and perhaps there is none less satisfactory under i>oor 

 treatment. Deep, rich soil, and mulching during dry weather, will be attended with 

 success. 



Pears. — Attend early to pinching out the points from rampant growing shoots. No opera- 

 tion on trees is practically of more importance than this ; it effects a saving of time, 

 economizes manure, and increases the croji ; indirectly, it is true, hut none the less in fact. 

 There cannot be a more pleasing occupation, for the amateur in fruits, than attending to a 

 collection of dwarf pear-trees. Having in his eye the symmetrical proportions of a 

 pyramidal-formed tree clothed with foliage from the ground upwards, lie will now be 

 bending down strong shoots and elevating weak ones, to equalize their conditions ; and, as 

 growth advances, those shoots likely to take a lead, and disarrange the equality of growth, 

 will have their tops pinched out. 



Grapery. — The canes will grow with more regularity, if their points are retained in a 

 pendent position ; as the shoots grow out, tie them up. Admit air every favorable day ; 

 of course, cold, rustling winds must bo excluded, but endeavor to inure them to free 

 ventilation, and let the house be opened a little during the night, as soon as all danger from 

 frost is past. It is a mistake to suppose that a constant high temperature will hasten the 

 maturity of the crop. Even the lowering of 10 degrees during night is not sufficient. A 

 dilference at least of 20 degrees is absolutely necessary. To illustrate my meaning, I will 

 briefly state the management and progress of two graperies as observed by me last summer, 

 which I will designate as No. 1 and 2. No. 1 is furnished with a furnace for artificial heat ; 

 slight fires were made early in March, to start the vines. The temperature was carefully 

 kept up, and the house shut up closely at nights, until the grapes commenced to color. No. 

 2 had no heater of any description ; the vines budded out in April, with the warmth of 

 spring ; the second week in May tlie top ventilators were lowered, so that an opening of four 

 feet was gained continually the whole length of the house, and was kept in that position, 

 without alteration day or night, until November. Now lor the result. The fruit in No. 2 

 was ripe and colored to the greatest perfection, and was cut before No. 1 — the grapes in the 

 latter were red, while they should have been black. The vines in No. 2 ripened well ; the 

 leaves changed color, dropped oti', and the canes winter-pruned, when those in No. 1 (I 

 saw both houses the same day) were green and succulent, not a leaf indicating a tendency 

 towards maturity. 



Lawns, especially those recently soNvn, will be much benefited by a top dressing of soil, 

 raked in and rolled, to counteract the lifting out of the grasses by frost. Drain and trench 

 the ground for intended lawns ; put your faith in that, and not in any mere mixture of seeds 

 for a permanent turf. 



Tkaxsplantixg Evergreens can be proceeded with towards the end of the month. The 

 cold winds of March, and the early portion of this month, are more injurious to evergreens 

 than any other season. Therefore, it is not well to be in too great a hurry. Deciduous 

 trees suffer less, as they do not present so great a surface for evaporation. 



