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the progress of the plants, and con- 

 tinual assistance at critical periods, 

 sometimes thinning out, and at oth- 

 er times transplanting to produce an 

 equal crop, and treating every plant 

 as if it were a rare plant in a garden, 

 the ground may be made to produce 

 more than double what the most at- 

 tentive farmer could expect on a lar- 

 ger scale." 



These short rules may be added 

 for garden cultivation ; 



1. Regulate the distribution of 

 your plants with respect to shade and 

 sun. Ordinary standard trees should 

 be OK the north and west sides, near 

 or against the wall or fence, so as 

 not to shade too much from the sun. 



2. Alternate the crops, and do not 

 plant varieties together, lest the pol- 

 len should mix. 



3. Plant immediately after prepa- 

 ring the soil. 



4. Seeds and young plants require 

 lo be kept moist, and with light soil 

 about them. 



5. Stirring the earth about well- 

 set plants is one of the most certain 

 and rapid means of forwardmg vege- 

 tables. 



6. Trench the soil over sixteen or 

 eighteen inches deep regularly every 

 four or five years, taking a fifth part 

 annually. 



The following remarks from Judge 

 Buel are concise, and well adapted to 

 farmers : 



" The month of May is an impor- 

 tant one in the operations of the gar- 

 den. If not already done, no time 

 should be lost in sowing the seeds of 

 onions, salads, early cabbage, pease, 

 radishes, and in planting some early 

 corn and potatoes. The beet, carrot, 

 parsnip, and summer squash may 

 also be sown. Cabbages for winter 

 use may be sown in tmie from the 

 20th to the 30th. As soon as the 

 soil and the season are warm enough 

 to bring up corn, which here is gen- 

 erally from the 15th to the 20th, plant 

 your melons, pumpkins, and cucum- 

 bers, though it will do equally well to 

 plant the latter, for pickles, in the 

 early part of June. The 15th will (jr- 

 dinanly do lur Lima beans, which are 



the best of the bean family. Soak 

 the seed of these in warm water a 

 few hours, and cover them slightly 

 when planted. My practice is to save 

 this crop for winter use. They af- 

 ford a great product. When frost is 

 apprehended the beans are all picked, 

 the unripe ones shelled and dried ; 

 and. if soaked before cooking, are 

 nearly as good as when first gathered 

 from the vines. Perennial products 

 require very little care after they are 

 once established. We will name of 

 fruits, the strawberry, the currant, 

 gooseberry, plum, pear, quince, grape, 

 and, in situations where they will 

 thrive, the apricot and peach. But 

 of fruits we would have none but the 

 best sorts, for the best are as cheap 

 as the worst, are as easily cultivated, 

 and are infinitely more healthy and 

 grateful. These, if well selected, will 

 give a succession of fruit from June 

 to November, and in a preserved state 

 during the year. Plants to begin with 

 will cost from three to five dollars. 

 They may be multiplied by grafting, 

 budding, &c. The trees should be 

 so arranged as to shade as little as 

 possible the grounds that are to be 

 tilled. Half a dozen roots of the pie- 

 plant (rhubarb) will furnish abundant 

 materials for pies and tarts, in no 

 wise inferior to the gooseberry, froin 

 April to July, or until the fruit is suf- 

 ficiently advanced to supply its place. 

 These should be planted two feet 

 apart in good soil. A bed of forty by 

 three and a half feet will supply the 

 table with delicious asparagus during 

 a part of April, and the whole of May 

 and June, if kept in good order. For 

 this the ground should be dug deep 

 and made rich. 



"The annual products which go to- 

 wards subsisting a family, and which 

 are seldom produced but in the gar- 

 den, are numerous, as the onion, beet, 

 carrot, parsnip, cabbage, pease, beans, 

 pot- herbs, salads, radishes, squash, 

 cucumber, melon, &c. Some of these 

 are in use most of the season, and 

 most of them afford valuable winter 

 stores." 



GARDEN ENGINE. This is a 

 small forcing pump, fixed in a box, 



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