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garden, without having previously sprouted in hot 

 beds? 



A. They are : beets, carrots, Swedish turnips, 

 turnips, cucumbers, pumpkins, spinage, mazagan 

 beans, onions, leeks and parsnip &c. 



Q. Give the names of some of the most useful ve- 

 getables which can be cultivated with the greatest 

 advantage in Canadian gardens ? 



A. These vegetables, are : garlic, artichokes, as- 

 paragus, red beet for salads, cardoons, celery, cher- 

 fil, curled endive, cabbages, Swedish turnips, radish- 

 cabbage, green onions, chiver, pumpkins, cucumbers, 

 vegetable marrow, coleworts, indian water and 

 cresses, jersey shalots, Holland spinage, mazagan 

 beans, giramons, frenoh beens, lettuce of all kind, 

 melons, onions, sorrel, parsnips, parsley, leeks, sal- 

 sify, dendelion, tomatoes, tetragons or New-Zeland 

 spinage. 



Animals destructive to gardens. 



Q. What are the principal animals destructive to 

 gardens ? 



A. The principal animals destructive to gardens 

 are : 1 ° The whi te worm which is chiefly destroyed by 

 hanu ; 2^ the earth puceron, which attacks princi- 

 pally cabbages and turnips ; a good protection 

 for young plants is to spread a heavy layer of ashes 

 on the leaves, when they are moist as for instance 

 in the morning, after the dew has formed ; another 



