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CA lYA DIA N HORIJCULTURIST. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN 



The prevalent custom in town and 

 countiy to crowd the vegetable garden 

 with fruit trees and buslies ought not 

 to be tolerated. The walk, rather than 

 Raspberries,Peaches and sour Cherries, 

 ought to be next the fence all around. 



Every garden ought to have an As- 

 paragus bed laid out and planted as 

 soon as it is located. Then there 

 should be English Peas, Black Wax 

 and Early Valentine Bunch Beans, 

 Jersey Wakefield and Flat Dutch Cab- 

 bage, Deacon Lettuce, Perfection and 



Acme Tomatoes, Egyptian and Eclipse 

 Beets, Boston Market Celery, Carter 

 Watermelon, Montreal Market Canta- 

 loupe, Early Rose, Beauty of Hebron 

 and Mammoth Pearl Irish Potatoes, 

 and the Shaker Red Sweet Potatoes, 

 these being the best of their several 

 kinds. The old-fashioned Long Green 

 Cucumber is the best of its kind for all 

 purposes. The garden ought never to 

 be found without Parsley, Mint, 

 Thyme and Sage. — W. T. Delaney be- 

 fore. Kentucky Farmers' Institute. 



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THE CULTIVATION OF ROOTS FOR WINTER 

 FLOWERING. 



AMONGST the winter flowering 

 bulbs, there are several varie- 

 ties of roots which are speci- 

 ally worthy of the amateur's attention, 

 and not probably known by him to be 

 useful for flowering indoors. These 

 roots are easier of culture than some 

 varieties of bulbs, in that they are not 

 so liable to decay in their first care ; 

 and also in that they may be forced 

 several times with success. The old 

 roots or clumps being larger than 

 bulbs, retain more vitality for a second 

 forcing. Still I do not advocate their 

 being grown twice, as they have the 

 same tendency as bulbs to diminish 

 each year on account of the artificial 

 growth they are subjected to. There- 

 fore the amateur should beai- in mind, 

 that it would be better to plant new 

 roots in order to obtain an amount of 

 bloom equal to that he may have had 

 'in his flrst attempt ; and to plant the 

 old roots in the open air, the same as 



MERS, TORONTO. 



bulbs. The tender varieties in each 

 case, I will make mention of. 



Among the first varieties to which I 

 would call the amateur's attention is 

 the 



SPIRiEA JAPONICA, 



also called ZTo^^eia, or Astilbe Japonica. 

 Although this variety is well known to 

 nurserymen, and it has been sold to 

 parties for open air planting, many 

 would scarcely credit the great amount 

 of satisfaction it will give to any per- 

 son wishing to grow it indoors. Just 

 the same beautiful plant which it makes 

 in the open air as equally beautiful can 

 it be, grown indoors. Spirctia Japonica 

 flowers are white, not fragrant, but 

 coiitinuous for several months ; and the 

 accompanying illustration gives a very 

 explicit idea of the plant in bloom. 

 When planting indoors, select as large 

 a clump as possible ; as a rule tlie Dutch 

 grown clumps are the best, although 

 those having a clump growing in the 



