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ue of the plants it produces, are much influenced by 

 its age. There are some kinds which cannot be 

 kept beyond the second or third year with safety, as 

 they will either not germinate at all, or so tardily as 

 to give weak and worthless plants. Light, thin seed, 

 such as rhubarb, parsnip, &c., should be only one 

 year old. The carrot, pepper, pease, beans, onion, 

 f.ress, nasturtium, &.C., will be good when two years 

 old. Lettuce, parsley, spinage, artichoke, mustard, 

 &c., will vegetate freely at three years. Cabbage, 

 celery, radish, and turnip seed may be used when 

 four years old ; and cucumber, melon, squash, beet, 

 pumpkin, and burnet seed will grow when kept five 

 or six years ; though in nearly every case, the fresh- 

 er the seed the better. Owing to neglect of this or- 

 der of nature, seed is put into the garden that never 

 vegetates ; and even seedsmen, it is to be feared, are 

 so forgetful of these facts, that seed past its prime 

 for vegetation is often sold to farmers and others, to 

 their great injury. 



The following table we copy from Bridgeman's 

 " Young (iardeners' Assistant," a work that we caa 

 cordially recommend to all engaged in gardening. 



At 1 foot distance, an acre will contain 43,560 plants 



li " " 19,360 " 



2 " " 10,890 " 

 2i " " 6,969 " 



3 " " 4,319 " 



4 " " 2,722 " 



5 " " 1,742 " 



6 " " 1,210 " 

 9 " " 537 " 



12 " " 362 " 



15 " " 198 " 



18 " " 134 " 



23 " " • 98 '< 



24 " " 75 " 

 27 " " 59 " 

 30 " " 48 " 



This table may be useful in various ways, not 

 only to the gardener in determining the plains he 



