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GARDENING. 



Aug. 15, 



growth. Yoji can grow as good lettuces 

 as anybody if you will give them as good 

 cultural conditions, there is no secret in 

 their cul ivation. In hot summer weather 

 we cannot have the good lettuces we can 

 get in cooler weather. In summer after 

 thoroughly preparing the ground we sow 

 the seed thinly in the rows where the 

 plants are meant to remain and heart, 

 thinning the seedlings to the proper dis- 

 tance apart. This does away with the 

 check caused by transplanting, and by 

 good soakings of water in the evenings 

 and scarifj-ing the ground in the morning 

 with a hoe or rake we never fail to get 

 fair lettuce even in summer, but not as 

 solid hearts as in springor fall. Of course 

 we select the coolest and moistest piece 

 of ground available for the crop. 



Melons and Be.4Ns; Pinching the 

 liNDS OF THEIR Shoots.— L. S. W., New 

 N'ork, asks: "Would you kindly inform a 

 reader of your paper if any advantage is 

 derived from pinching the ends of melon 

 vines and Lima beans?" Ans. Some 

 years ago there was quite a little stir 

 raised about this same question, and we 

 gave it a good deal of practical attention. 

 As regards the Lima beans it didn't do a 

 bit of good either in rendering them early 

 or productive. Nor did we find it benefit 

 melons much, that is, where the melons 

 had plenty room to spread themselves; at 

 the same time it did hasten the swelling 

 of the fruit. In the case of greenhouse 

 melons and Telegraph cucumbers we 

 .ilways made it a point to pinch the ends 

 of the vines after some fruits were set, 

 also tc( pinch off any laterals that we did 

 not need for more fruit or good foliage. 

 But as regards open air crops we don't 

 think it would pay. 



Miscellaneous. 



fl NEW WfllTE FLOWERED SPIRflBfl. 



We send you in another cover, a few 

 sprays of Spinea tomentosa aJba,a. beau- 

 tiful white form of the pink, which we 

 have discovered, and so far as we know 

 it is entirely new to the trade, though of 

 course it was botanically reported long 

 ago. It is especially fine massed with 

 the pink. We find it very floriferous and 

 its more open spike makes it more showy 

 than the type. Wm. H. H.\rrison. 



Lebanon Springs, N. Y. 



The sprays of bloom sent to us by Mr. 

 Harrison were large and very beautiful 

 indeed, and the blooms quite white, and 

 we welcome this new hardy shrub to our 

 gardens with much pleasure. 



The Jai'AN Wineberrv has again been 

 so beautiful as a shrub and satisfactorj' as 

 a fruit that I again f el constrained to 

 say a good word for it. It stood last 

 winter — 10^ below zero — here much better 

 than didCuthbert.and it has been loaded 

 with fruit this summer. Frequently with 

 three other kinds of berries on our table 

 the wineberrj' is the only one that is 

 eaten. Still I cannot advise anyone to 

 plant it largely, because it does not seem 

 to do equally well in all places. It is a 

 great favorite with us, however. 



Nicholas Hallock. 



Ouecns, L. I., July 28, '96. 



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