38 BUIST'S FAMILY KITCHEN GARDENER. 



If they do, take as much arsenic as will lie on a ten cent piece, 

 mix it with a table-spoonful of Indian meal, and lay it on a 

 piece of tile or board in the frame, where it will be dry, which 

 will soon destroy them. Early in Spring, transplant to the com- 

 partments of the garden designed for them. Lift the plants 

 carefully with a trowel, retaining as many fibres and soil as 

 possible. The plants should all be assorted, planting the 

 strongest where the crop is expected to be earliest, so that 

 all may come to maturity regularly. In their subsequent 

 growth, if any fail or run to seed, supply the deficiencies with 

 fresh plants. As the crop progresses, hoe frequently and deep ; 

 destroy every weed, and as the plants grow, draw earth round 

 the stems, which will strengthen and forward them. The. 

 large Late Yorks require the same care and treatment. They 

 will mature in succession, according to the lateness of the sort. 

 Where a supply of plants has not been obtained in the Fall, 

 it will be necessary to sow seed on a hot-bed about the middle 

 of February for the management of which see the article 

 CUCUMBER only the hot-bed will not require to be so strong, 

 and a greater portion of air admitted to the frame in sunshine, 

 and even a small portion at night when there is no frost, grad- 

 ually hardening them as they grow, till they become fit for 

 planting out, which will be about the end of March or first of 

 April. I have seen, however, where the garden depended up- 

 on the exertions of the cook, or the dexterous management of the 

 housewife, a good crop of early Cabbage plants grown in the 

 kitchen window. It is a lamentable fact that many of our 

 otherwise industrious farmers would have no vegetables were 

 it not for the exertions of the female portion of the family. 

 The health and comfort of a family would be greatly enhanced 

 by giving a full portion of attention to the manuring and crop- 

 ing of a vegetable garden. It is absolutely necessary in this 

 country, that every farmer should be a gardener, and every 

 gardener a farmer. 

 For the late Summer, Fall, and Winter supplv, sow the seed 



