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%r good, warm lUing, to the depth of twelve or fifteen inches, cov- 

 ered with eight inches of sandy loam. The lunners will show 

 themselves in the course of a fortnight or three weeks, and the 

 bed ought, during the process of sprouting, to receive an occa- 

 sional sprinkling of water. When three inches high above the 

 surface, they are of the right size lor removal to the open ground. 

 In taking them up, place the left hand on the potato, to keep it 

 from moving, and draw them, one by one, with the right hand. — 

 If they be planted in drills, they should be set about nine or ten 

 inches asunder; but, if in hills, two plants must be allotted to 

 each. The operation is most successful, when perforcoed at even- 

 ing, or in dpjnp, cloudy weather; and, in a dry time, frequent ap- 

 plications of water, until the roots have taken hold firmly, will be 

 ibund of great advantage. The potatoes in the bed v/ill continue 

 throwing up sprouts, for as much as three or four weeks. 



For Seed. — The roots must be taken very carefully from the 

 ground, as the least bruise engenders decay. They are to be 

 packed in leaves or eand, which have been exposed to the influ- 

 ence of the sun or a fire until perfectly dry, and then stored in a 

 room where no injiiry in to be apprehended irom the cold." — P. 

 A. Schench. 



To CooJc. — "When desired as an nccompaniment to 

 meats it should be baked .';s it if^ nmcli better than 

 when boiled. 



*' Sweet Potai-o Pie. — 3oiI the potatoes very soft; then peel and 

 mash them. To every quarter cf a pound, put one quart of milk, 

 three tablespoonsful of butter, faur beaten eggs, together with 

 sugar and nutmeg lo the taste. 



Eadish. Raphanus sativns. Select the Fa?'!i/ JSmr- 

 let Short Top^ Li>ng Sahion and the Turnip roofed^ 



"To produce good clean radishes they must be sov/n in yery 

 rich soil: and eapecially in old gardens, which are liable to be 

 infested by insects, it ihould be highly manured and made fine. — 

 The seed may be sown ai aoon as the ground is free from frost in 

 the sprinor; and aflerwards, at intervals of two weeks, either in 

 drills or broadcast. The Scarlet Short Top and Long Salmon 

 are the best kindf for early planting. When the weather becomes 

 hot, the Turnip-rooted aorta succeed best." 



Rhubarb. Rheum rhapotdicum. — This is known in 

 many sections as the Pie-plant 



Wilmots's Early Scarlet, Mammoth, Tohohlc, and My- 

 atfs Victoria are either worthy of attention. Plants 

 are obtained from seed or portions of old roots. — 

 Whore the cnltivator is in no especial hnrry for thefirst 

 crop, or where a large plantation is to be made, the 



