48 ART OP GARDENING. 



seed, a wheelbarrow, and, if convenient, a roller for paths 

 and to smooth beds just after the putting in of seed, will be 

 all that is requisite for a common kitchen garden; other 

 wants, as they arise, being readily supplied by an ingenious 

 person. Sieves for covering squashes from the heat of the 

 sun while young can be made of home manufacture ; a roller 

 can be supplied by boards laid on the ground, but neither 

 roller nor boards should be used while the ground is wet ; 

 and coal-ashes for walks make hard, clean paths, and tend 

 to keep off insects ; even the drilling may be done by hoes 

 or dibbles, after a line is stretched, and the distances marked 

 for the different rows. 



I propose to make a few remarks upon the following 

 common garden vegetables ; viz. Common Bean (Faba vul- 

 garis), Common Beet (Beta vulgaris), Cabbage (Brassica 

 oleraced), Carrot (Daucus Carota), Celery (Apium grave- 

 olens), Cress (Lapidium sativum), Cucumber (Cucumis sa- 

 tivd), Chives (Allium Schcenoprasum), Horseradish (Coch- 

 learia Armor acid), Indian Corn (Zea Mays), Lettuce (Lac- 

 tuca saliva crispa), Melon (Cucumis Melo), Water-Melon 

 (Cucurbita Citrullus), Mustard (Sinapis), Onion (Allium 

 Cepa), Parsley (Apium Petroselinum), Parsnip (Pastinaca 

 sativa), Peas (Pisum sativuni), Pepper (Capsicum), Potato 

 (Solanum tuberosum). Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo), Radish 

 (Raphanus saliva). Rhubarb (Rheum), Salsify (Tragopogon 

 porrifolius), Common Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), Squash 

 (Cucurbita Melopepo), Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicuni), 

 Turnip (Brassica Rapa). 



BEAN (Faba vulgaris). 



There are great varieties of the Common Bean. The 

 English Garden Bean requires care in this country, as our 

 summers are apt to wilt and destroy the blossom. They 

 should be planted as early in the spring as possible, in drills 



