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Plan( iiKN ;i.--scrts that it is neither more nor less than a Lily. It appears to have 

 been found un<ler two forras, one of which lias rose-colored and the otlu-r violet-colored 

 flowers ; but ])r. Wallicii's notes on the two forms in a living state leave no doubt 

 as to their specific identity. The culture is described as in a cold frame, or in pots 

 in a cold greenhouse or orangery during winter. There is a strong probability of its 

 resisting the climate of a great part of this cuuntry in the open air. Its distinct color 

 and graceful habit claim attention. 



REMARKS OX THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



BY WILLIAM CIIOIILTON, NEW BRIGHTON, STATKN ISLAND. 



It is somewhat gratifying 'to find your amateur correspondents inquiring for more 

 practical knowledge with regard to the more economical cropping, and better use of 

 the vegetable garden. This subject has long been behind the march of improvement 

 which has characterised some other parts of Horticulture, and it appears not a little 

 singular, when we consider the utilitarian age we live in. AVhile there has been an 

 intense desire to ransack Europe for new Pears, Sec, and some cultivators can boast 

 of exhibiting on the same table, from two to three hundred (said to be) distinct 

 varieties, — while the minds of many have been jiuzzled for a new idea, in the arrange- 

 ment of a trim bouquet, — the vegetable garden has been left with no further notice or 

 forecast than merely planting and sowing ; little or no regard being paid to rotation of 

 crops, or how they may be arranged so that one may succeed another, during the 

 season, without half of the ground lying waste. Surely this is of sufficient impor- 

 tance to receive attention, particularly if we consider the pecuniary results. The 

 Vegetable Garden is in itself a pleasing object, if well attended ; but we must also 

 look for more substantial gratification. The capital spent in this department should 

 be returned, with interest, and the general health promoted, by the wholesome pro- 

 duce which it can be made to bring forth. Therefore, a few general remarks may not 

 be out of place, and will be something toward answering the request of your corres- 

 pondent in the August issue. 



When a man is first domiciled in the wilderness, he very naturally looks around 

 him for the best spot, the most advantageous position upon which to grow food, and 

 in his then primitive state he is induced to go the readiest and least expensive way to 

 work, which will, of course consist in roughly breaking the sod. He is satisfied with 

 the greater or less produce, according to the natural fertility of the soil, without 

 troubling himself about making the most of a small space, or how many crops he 

 can get off the same piece in a season. But in more densely populated localities, 

 where land has become high-priced and restricted in extent, and where the first set- 

 tler's mode of action has reduced the perhaps never very fertile properties to a state 

 of almost sterility, it becomes a matter of consequence for us to consider how we can 

 make the most of what we have. There are some who still cling to the antiquated 



