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nure from the liog pen, and prize it highly for this plant. If the 

 plants when about six inches high, are transplanted into a for- 

 warding bed and there remain until time to put them out in the 

 trenches, they will acquire strength and the product will be 

 much finer. 



March 31st — Sowed radish, early turnip, pajsnip and salsify 

 seed. 



In order to have handsome roots of salsity or oyster plant, the 

 ground should be deeply spaded, and thorougly pulverized; the 

 plants early thinned six to eight inches apart, and the rows dis- 

 tant one foot and a half. 



If sown early in spring it will be ready for use in September, 

 and being hardy, will, like parsnips, remain in the ground with- 

 out injury during winter. It admits of transplanting, but with 

 me has never done so well as when allowed to remain in the 

 permanent bed. 



^pril 1st — Planted red, yellow and white silver skin onion 

 ^ets. 



The best fertilizer employed by me in growing onions is guano, 

 resulting in handsomer bulbs and earlier maturity. For private 

 use I prefer the white, and have found it to keep as well during 

 winter as the other varieties. 



Jljyril 2nd — Sowed long orange carrot seed, for borders. 



No garden can appear well without finished margins to the 

 ■walks, and in a kitclien garden I know of nothing better than 

 carrots. 



It is present early in spring, is uniform in growth, and its 

 handsome cut leaves letains its thrifty appearance until late in 

 the autumn, when the roots well repay the attention you have 

 ijes towed upon them. 



^pril 4th — Put out sea kale roots procured in the vicinity of 

 Philadelphia, where to a limited extent it is cultivated. 



In this section it seems to be entirely unknown, and I have 

 Jiever observed it in the markets of New- York. A prevailing 

 opinion exists that it wiil not thrive well in our climate, and 



