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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



front about every sixth or eighth lot. All these pathways should be kept in 

 grass. 



No hedges or enclosures, in his opinion, should be permitted upon the 

 lots, and but one monument should be allowed upon an entire lot. No head- 

 stones or marks should be projecting more than sixteen inches, indeed six 

 inches is better. No footstones should be allowed. 



The accompanying engravings are used in illustration of the writer's plan, 

 Fig. 505, representing the old-fashioned graveyard in its neglected state, and 

 Fig. 506 representing Mr. Sargent's ideal grounds. It will be observed that 

 mounds are entirely done away with, thus allowing greater ease in keeping the 

 grass shaven with the lawn mower. 



Kiu. 506. —The Cemetery as it should be. 



Sage for Market. — Sage is raised by the market gardeners near New 

 York as a second crop in the season, and the entire crop is gathered at once, 

 and not a little at a time, as is usually practiced in private gardens where only 

 a few bunches are cultivated. It is true that the plants are hardy, and will live 

 for several years, but for market purposes they are best treated as annuals. The 

 seed should be sown early in spring, and not later than the first of May, and if 

 the soil is rich and the plants given good care, they will be ready for transplanting 

 in July to ground from which a crop of early peas, cabbage or beets has been 

 gathered. The sage plants are set in rows eighteen to twenty inches apart and 

 about twelve inches in the row. The crop is gathered late in fall, tied up in 

 bunches, and sold when fresh, or after being dried in the shade. The price 

 is, of course, variable, depending upon supply and demand. If sent from a 

 distance, sage should be packed in open crates. Gardeners say that from three 

 to four hundred dollars per acre is about the average for a crop of sage. — 

 American Agriculturist. 



