WHAT I KNOW OF FARMING. 



especially vigorous, and that there was not a vacant 

 space in any of the rows. All the plants which had 

 been placed in the ground had thriven, and would 

 give a good return. Where this crop had been spe- 

 cially treated with a view to forthcoming shows, the 

 roots had attained an enormous size, and, like some 

 of the cabbages, had assumed almost gigantic pro- 

 portions. The carrots were very fine and well-grown, 

 and the heads of the Walcheren broccoli were as 

 white, and firm, and crispy, as the finest cauliflowers ; 

 while the savoys, of unusual size and weight, were as 

 round and hard as cannon balls; and some of the 

 drumhead cabbages, although equally distinguished 

 for closeness and firmness, were large enough in the 

 heart to hold a good-sized child, and might, as was 

 suggested upon the ground, very well be introduced 

 into some pantomimic scene representing the king- 

 dom of Brobdignag. The Indian corn had reached 

 the respectable height of some eight feet, and, with 

 few exceptions, each stalk carried a good-sized and 

 well-filled cob or ear. These, unless we should have 

 another spell of exceptionally hot weather, will not 

 ripen ; but in their green state they are readily eaten 

 by horses and cattle, and prove excellent fodder. 



In the course of their peregrinations, Mr. Hope's 

 guests of course paid a visit to the tank in which the 

 sewage is received before it is pumped on the land. We 

 need hardly say that the appearance of this minia- 

 ture lake of nastiness was anything but agreeable ; 

 but its odor was by no means overpowering, nor, in- 



