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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



to the cold frame and from there into the open 

 ground after frosts are past. 



Carrots may be sowed in well prepared soil 

 in drills one foot apart ; the seed mixed with 

 fine dry soil will be easier sown and more even. 

 Early Horn and Long Orange are best. 



Celery. — Transplant from the hot bed to 

 make strong plants for summer use. Sow 

 seed in warm, very rich soil, in drills six inches 

 apart for main crop. 



Cucumbers. — Plant only after settled warm 

 weather, in hills four and a half feet apart ; 

 put a larp;e shovelful of well-rotted fine manure 

 in the hill ; put in plenty of seed for the worms 

 and bugs, and when the rough leaves are made, 

 thin them out. 



Horse Radish. — Dig for use, reserving the 

 long, small ends of the roots for replanting — 

 it has been the custom to reset the crowns, but 

 a much nicer and better article is had by plant- 

 ing only smooth cuttings of the root, eight to 

 ten inches long. Plant in rich, deep worked 

 soil. 



Lettuce. — Sow in hot bed and in the open 

 ground for succession ; transplant to give room 

 to head. 



Manure — for the garden should be well rot- 

 ted and free from weeds and other seeds. 

 Liquid manure is very valuable to forward all 

 vegetables when applied judiciously. 



Onions. — The seed of this esculent is usually 

 the first put in after the frost is out of the 

 ground. Set rareripes three inches apart in 

 rows ten inches apart ; let the soil be rich and 

 well fined ; keep loose and clean. Ashes are 

 excellent for the crop. 



Parsnip. — The seed starts slowly and may 

 be sowed early, as light frosts do not injure 

 them. Sow in fourteen-inch drills, in rich, 

 deep, well worked soil. 



Peas. — When the first planted are well up, 

 plant for a succession ; the dwarfs in drills one 

 to two feet apart, according to growth. Taller 

 growing sorts in double drills, four and a half 

 to five feet apart ; bush when up tliree or four 

 inches. 



Peppers. — Sow in hot-bed, boxes, or pots, 

 in the house, to transplant after frosts have 

 gone by into the open ground. Some kinds 

 may be sown in the ground in eighteen-inch 

 drills and thinned to eight inches ; give a dress- 

 inrr of irnano or hen manure, using care not to 

 use too freeh'. 



Radish. — Sow at intervals in light, sandy 

 soil, and water with liquid manure to force a 

 rapid growtli. Sow in any vacant spot broad- 

 cast or in drills. To be crisp and good they 

 should grow (juick. 



Rhubarb should have a good dressing of 

 manure, forked in around the roots, and a 

 headlet^s barrel, surrounded with horse manure, 

 placed over the crowns to force an early 

 growtli. 



Seeds. — Test all liy sprouting in wet moss 

 or the like. In planting, cover the seed with 

 fine soil, in proportion to the size of the seed ; 



small seed requiring less covering, as a general 

 thing, than large ones. 



Small Fruits. — Currants, raspberries, black- 

 berries, gooseben-ies, and strawberries should 

 be pruned, dug about, manured, tied up, and 

 new beds made. 



Squash. — Plant only after frosts have passed, 

 for they will not stand the cold. Plant early 

 or dwarf sorts in hills, four feet apart ; running 

 sorts six to eight feet. No two varieties should 

 be grown near together as they are very liable 

 to mix. 



Tomatoes. — Transplant, from the hot bed, 

 or boxes in which they have been started, in 

 May, after frosts have passed ; place different 

 varieties at a distance apart. 



Sweet Herbs should be found in every gar- 

 den. Divide roots of sage, lavender, thyme 

 and rue. Sow seeds where the ground is 

 warm, in drills, separated according to the 

 growth of the plant. 



Turnips. — Sow for summer use in light soil, 

 fertilized with superphosphate. 



Tools. — Last, though not least, always keep 

 your tools in order, by cleaning after using and 

 put them in their places under c'over as soon 

 as through using, and then no time is lost in 

 hunting and cleaning rusty, lost tools. 



W. H. White. 



South Windsor, Conn., April, 1867. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 FOREST TREES FOR RESTORrKTO 

 LOST FORESTS. 



For many situations, and for all seasons, a 

 grove of trees of the pine family produces a 

 finer effect than one of deciduous trees. As 

 a screen it is more perfect. What can furnish 

 a more eflectual shield from the winds than a 

 hedge of arbor vitae.f Or what can better 

 protect a house standing too near a noisy or 

 dusty street ? It is eye-proof. 



A person studious of comfort and of quiet, 

 or of the appearance of quiet comfort, — and 

 how can a home look beautiful which lacks the 

 appearance of comfort ? — will find inexhausti- 

 ble resources among the pines. The white 

 pine, when first planted, needs the protection 

 of a fence or of other trees. But it grows 

 very rapidly, and will continue to grow for 

 centuries, till it towers far above all the other 

 trees ; for it is, or was, far the tallest tree na- 

 tive to New England. Its leaves are of a light, 

 delicate green, a pleasant contrast to the brown 

 of cultivated fields, and to the snow and bare- 

 ness of winter. 



Apparently and really more hardy, and a 

 rapid grower, too, is the red pine, commonly 

 called the Norway. It deserves to be better 

 known and more cultivated. Crowing l)y it- 

 self, wiiich it does without difficulty, it forms a 

 di'cp, rich mass, of darker color and hardier 

 apix'arance than the white. But in all these 

 qualities, it is surpassed by the Austrian pine, 



