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bed ; replace the frame, and in a day thereafter it will be 

 ready for seed. 



Cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, egg plants, peppers, 

 celery, cucumbers, lettuce, together with savory herbs, as 

 sweet marjoram, sweet basil, thyme, sage, lavender, etc., etc. 

 may be sown in drills in the soil prepared as above. 



It is difficult to give, on paper, the directions for the care 

 of the bed. The greatest dangers of all, are that of burning 

 the plants by excessive heat, or of damping them off, by too 

 little air. These evils must be guarded against by the 

 admission of as much air as possible. In mild days let the 

 sash be partly open all day, and in very cold days, endeavor 

 to procure a half hour even, at mid-day, for raising the sash 

 and airing the plants. As they grow up, if crowded, they 

 should be thinned out, so as not to run up spindling. 



ORIGINAL RECIPES. 



WHEN we say original, we don t mean that no one ever 

 employed the same recipes, but only this, that we have 

 obtained them, not from books, but from good and skillful 

 housewives. 



EPICURE S CORN BREAD. Upon two quarts of sifted corn- 

 meal, pour just enough boiling water to scald it thoroughly ; 

 if too much water is used it will be heavy. Stir it thoroughly, 

 let it get cold ; then rub in a piece of butter as large as a 

 hen s egg, together with two teaspoonfuls of fine salt ; beat 

 four eggs thoroughly, and they will be all the better if the 

 whites and yolks are- beaten separately, add them to the 

 meal and mix thoroughly. Next, add a pint of sour cream, 

 or butter-milk, or sour milk (which stand ir. the order of 

 their value). Dissolve two teapoonfuls of saleratus in hot 

 water, and stir it in. Put it in buttered pans and bake it 



