AUTICIIOKES.] 



PKACTICK OF HORTICULTURE. 



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CIIArTEU VIII. 



ANOKLFCA ; AUTICIlttKE (j KRUSAI.Em) ; AUTICUOKK (qLOBE) *, ASPARAaUS ; BROCCOLI; BERT; BEANg 

 (cLlMlilNC.) ; BEANS (r.KOAl») ; BKANS (krk.NCU) ; BRU8.SEIJ4 SPROUTS; (;AIUJA<iK; CARHOON ; CARR'»T ; 

 CAULIFLOWER; CELERY; CELKRIAC ; CUKRVIL, ETC.; CRESS ; CRESS (AMERICAN) ; CRESH (NORMANUV) ; 

 CRESS (INDIAN) ; ENDIVE; ESCHALOT; (JARLIC ; ICE PLANT: LEEK; LETTUCE; MALLOW (ciRLED); 

 MARJORAM (KNOTTED); MELON; MUSHROOMS; ONIONS; PAR.SLEY ; PARSNEP ; PEAH ; POTATOES J 

 KUUBAKU; SAVoy ; SEA-KALE; SPINACH; TURNIPS; VEtiETAULE MARROW. 



ANGELICA. 



In treating of the plants of the kitclicn 

 garden, we shall adopt an alphabetical arrange- 

 ment, as being simpler than that which would 

 bring them before the reader in the order of 

 their importance. Accordingly, tlio fii&t is 

 Angelica, a biennial, and a native of England, 

 where it is found in moist situations, as it is 

 over the northern countries of Europe. It 

 grows freely in any soil and exposure. It 

 should be sown in September, in drills a foot 

 apart. When the seedlings have attained to 

 a height of six inches, they should be trans- 

 planted to the spot where they are to remain 

 for use. Tlie stem may be blanched and eaten 

 like celery ; and the young green shoots may 

 be gathered in May, candied or preserved in 

 sugar, and used in confectionery. 



ARTICHOKE (JERUSALEM). 



This is a perennial, which flowers in August 

 or September. It is a native of tho south of 

 Europe, and, in ISiS, was introduced into Eng- 

 land. The three varieties cultivated, are the 

 Conical, Erench or oval Artichoke, with a green 

 head; the Globe, or largest, with dusky-purplish 

 head ; and the Dicar/lsk Qlobe. It will grow in 

 any soil in which the potato will grow; but light, 

 friable, and loamy soils will always produce the 

 best-flavoured tubers. It is useless, however, 

 to plant on poor barren land. Trenching, to 

 the depth of two feet, should be done, and a 

 good dressing of manure given, if a line crop 

 is desired. Plant in rows, alternately two and 

 four feet apart, allowing the tubers to be at 

 least eighteen inches apart in the row, which 

 should run north and south, so that the sun 

 may shine freely on the soil. The tubers 

 should be planted whole, any time from No- 

 vember until March. The former, however, 



I is profcrablc, on various accounts. This root 

 I may bo grown for years upon the same spot 

 of ground, and tho produce increased, pro- 

 vided the soil be annually well trenched, and 

 afterwards kept loose and open by thorough 

 surface-stirring. 



ARTICHOKE (GLOBE). 



About the last week in October this vege- 

 table should receive its winter dressing, and its 

 old leaves should be cut away close to tho 

 ground. This must be done without giving 

 any injury to the centre or side shoots. The 

 bed should then be forked over, the earth 

 being thrown in a ridge about eight inches 

 high over each row, at the same time putting it 

 close round eacii plant, but taking caro to pre- 

 serve the heart from being touched by any 

 crumbs of the soil. This accomplished, pile 

 round each plant with some long litter or pea- 

 haulm, four inches thick; and to prevent this 

 from being carried away by the wind, as well 

 as to help to preserve the roots from severe 

 frosts, the litter should be covered over witli 

 coal ashes, to a depth of about two inches. 

 In the spring the ashes may be turned inte 

 the soil, as they are congenial to the arti- 

 choke. Should the land be stifl^" and clayey, 

 trench it to a depth of eighteen inches, filling 

 in with a mixture of dung and mould ; and in 

 April plant out in this mixture. A plantation 

 will last many years. 



ASPARAGUS. 



This perennial is found near the son, in 

 stony or gravelly situations ; but it is not verj 

 common in such places. It grows in the Isle 

 of Portland, near Bristol, and, not very abun- 

 dantly, near Edinburgh. For growing first- 

 class asparagus, the following plan is recom- 

 mended by Mr. Arthur Henderson. After 



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