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possible to grow them with success. I think the 

 lice originate from the manure. Would it not 

 be better to heat with hot water ? How would it 

 do to have the boiler in the centre of the house, 

 and have the water flow each way and return ? 

 I have plenty of one-inch pipe — would that be 

 large enough? The thermometer never indicates 

 lower than 26°." 



[It is hardly probable that the lice are especi- 

 ally favored by the stable manure. Hundreds 

 raise cucumbers by stable manure without this 

 experience. Ifwehadan abundance of stable 

 manure, we should be loth to change it. No heat 

 is so grateful to the cucumber, as that from this 

 source. If, however, you will change, hot water 

 will be best for so long a range, and the boiler 

 be best in the position you suggest. The objec- 

 tions to one-inch pipe are that it is very liable 

 to be obstructed^and water circulates with more 

 difficulty on account of the greater comparative 

 friction, and cools quicker. It takes more fire 

 to keep up a regular temperature in a house 

 with small pipe, than one with pipe of three or 

 four inches diameter. — Ed. G. M.l 



SuNRAY Fuchsia.— W. C. L. D., El Dorado, Cal., 

 says : " In July number one of the Monthly's cor- 

 respondents desires to know who originated the 

 Sunray Fuchsia. It originated with a Mr. Rudd. 

 I think it a very desirable Fuchsia. The Monthly 

 I consider at the head of all papers or magazines 

 of its class, and its great popularity I believe en- 

 tirely due to its untiring and devoted Editor." 



[The Editor does take a pride in his work — 

 but never forgets how much he owes to his ex- 

 tensive circle of correspondents. These make a 

 good paper as much as a good Editor. — Ed. G. M.] 



Tar in Greenhouses Again. — A correspon- 

 dent at Ogdensburg, New York, is in trouble with 

 the greenhouse. The leaves of the plants fall 

 off, &c., <fec., &c., &c. The pipes are painted by 

 " some black material," and this tells the whole 

 story. The predecessor of the present gardener 

 could hardly have been a reader of the Garden- 

 er's Monthly or he would not have tarred the 

 pipes — or indeed put anything on the pipes. If 

 he left his situation for his bad success with hia 

 plants, he fully deserves his fate. 



.RUITAND lEGETABLE MARDENING. 



SEASONABLE HINTS. 



Very little can be done now in this department, 

 except by way of preparation for another year. 



Manure can be placed on the ground wherever 

 required, and Asparagus beds, if not already 

 done, should have a slight covering of it. Bean 

 poles, pea-brush, and stakes of all kinds should 

 be got now, the tool-house gone over and put in 

 order, and everything kept in good order and 

 studiously in its place. When the season of ope- 

 rations commences, there will then be nothing to 

 hold back the attention. 



Where there can be heat of 60° commanded. 

 Bush Beans can be usually grown in pots, and 

 can be gathered in two months from time of 

 sowing. , 



If there is abundance of leaves or manure at 

 command, and small frames, beds may be put 

 up for early spring salads, at the end of the 

 month. 



: ■ Radishes and' Lettuces are, however, very im- 

 patient, of ..too much heat; they, will .come on 

 well, if the temperature be kept at 45.?. .When it 

 goes above that, the sashes should be lifted en- 

 tirely off. 



The same remarks apply to. the Potato and 

 the Early Horn. Carrot. 



Cauliflowers in frames require all the air pos- 

 sible.. Never allow to be 'become dry ; this is the 

 cause of many failures by way of " buttoning 

 ofi"." 



In the fruit garden, there is not much to be 

 done besides thinning of branches where too 

 thick, cutting out weak or exhausted ones, so as 

 to give place to younger or stronger ones — and, 

 where there are scale insects on the bark, wash- 

 ing to get rid of them. When a tree is badly in- 

 fested, the twiggy portions should be wholly cut 

 away so as to more perfectly clean the balance. 



Tlie best wash is that recommended in our 

 magazine of l:^st spring — Linseed oil. 



