286 APRIL. 



about those designed for division into new 

 plants, but it must be done early. 



Those who live in Virginia, and South, 

 should set out their fig-trees now. When 

 chaplain at Fortress Monroe, I raised them 

 with the same ease that we do currants here ; 

 and the fruit is such a favorite one with me, 

 that I shall try them in our latitude this spring, 

 laying them down and burying them like rasp- 

 berries in the fall. 



I raise mainly the dwarf varieties of peas, and 

 having tried several, I have at last settled down 

 on two varieties the "Tom Thumb " for earliest 

 crop, and McLean's Little Gem for second. 

 The first is very hardy, and can be planted as 

 soon as the frost is out of the ground the earlier 

 the better. It grows about eight inches high, 

 and if not planted too closely in the row is very 

 prolific. I have had them and the tall Marrow- 

 fat growing at the same time in my garden, and 



