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Long and SJiort Pnclcbj^ and ifhe Long )7reen Turhy 

 are the kinds most valued. For directions in regard 

 to bugs/see article ^-Destruction of Vermin." 



"Sowing in the open air may be performed in the latter part of 

 April, or any time during the month of Ma), according to the 

 character of the season. Plants of very early sowings are apt to 

 be cut off by a late frost. Nevertheless/it wili he for one's inter- 

 est to get the seed into the crround as soo i ;is it can be done with 

 safety. The first labor will be to mark but the hills at reguliir 

 diiitances; perhaps, five feet apart each Svhy will be sufficient, but 

 to allow six feet is much the ijott'er plan. They should be dug 

 eul to the depth of twelve or fifteeti inc^ies, with about the same 

 diamster, and be partly filled with well ratted dung, or a compost 

 W hen-dung, ove.''laid by some rich, mellow loam. Sow .five or 

 •isix feeeds in each; at which rate, one ounce of seed wiH planrt 

 'near two hundred hi'ls. 



Cucumbers intended for pickling purposes, should b« pfetifd^ 

 sometime during the first fortnight of July. In the hearing seVp- 

 'iob, the vines ought to be examined daily, and, in order to secure 

 greater productiveness, be relieved of the fruii as soon as it ac- 

 quires a proper size. 



The Hand- Glass is useful in forwardirt^ ^M.iits. Arid 'for's-nftH 

 cultivators, we think it more important tlian the hot-bed. Ir thfe 

 "beginning of April, a small Ijole, say eighp?en inches deep, and as 

 "♦vide as the glass to be emploved, should be dug on aWarm bor- 

 "der having a southern exposure. Put in fourteen or fifteen inches 

 of active manure, and cover that w iih six inches of fine, ridh suil, 

 on which the seeds are to be sown. Place a hand-glass (Wer the 

 hill^ and, during cold days or nights, give the additional protect- 

 ion of a mat, or^a layer hf loner litter. While it is desirable to 

 preserve a high temperature below thte 'glass, fresh air mui^t lD>e 

 jadmitted, in such quantities and at such times as will se<?ure a 

 Tigorous growth, together with a strono^^ healthy green color in 

 the plants. As the season advances, th'^y ought to be gradually 

 mrderied, in order that they, rtiay not suflJer serious inconvenience 

 Irein the entire removal of t!he glass. The proper reguldtiori 6^ 

 'thii^ Diatter wil| require a good deal of judgment, lest <thfe teiidet 

 ▼ines experience a fatal check, fmm the want of that shelter ub- 

 <ler Which they have been coaxed info a premature existence. 



Hand-glasses are also valuable in tiie preto'ciionof tarly plains 

 raised on a hot bed, or in a warm kitchen window, and removed 

 to the open ground before the Weath'er becomes seit'.ed. W^ 

 have found the vit\e-shield a very cheap and efficient nul^Ftitiu^^ 

 alihouorh it may be considered iiVfeVioir' to the regular hand-glass." 

 — Gardener's Text Book. "i 



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The Egg-Platvt. Solanum :?l^€?()n^^6flVi[,— ''This is a tender 

 plant and easily killed \y frost. lAerefoi^ if i^*int^d iyi^''^^<Trry 



