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THE GARDEN. 



A Good Garden. 



The New York Agriculturalist says : 

 " We induced one of oar neighbors to keep 

 an account of the products of his garden du- 

 ♦ring the past season. It is a place hired for 

 a long series of years, unblest with a fruit 

 tree or shrub of any kind. Not even a cuy- 

 rant bush produces its annual crop of cC(b- 

 webs and wormy berries upon the preoaises. 

 Probably the garden has not had a hundred 

 dollars worth of manure laid ont upon it in 

 the last half century. Indeed there was not 

 much but the soil there. Nothing can be 

 credited to past liberal treatment. It was 

 not more than half manured the present 

 year, with Peruvian guano, and the contents 

 of a pig stye. On the credit side we have 

 for green corn sold, $40; potatoes, $15: 

 peas, $12; cabbage, $10.; onions, ^; beans. 

 $T; sage $2; corn fodder, $2; S'.indry small 

 items, $12, making $105, as the ainonnt of 

 vegetables sold. No account was kept of 

 the amount of vegetables cocisamed in the 

 family. 



"The labor was all perforn?ied by the man 

 himself, without interfering with the bnginess 

 upon which he reli^^s f )r a l; velihood The 

 amount consumed in the family was at least 

 equal in value to the money paid out for the 

 manure, making the amount of vei^etables 

 sold, the reward of a few days labor that 

 would otherwise have been lost." 



Tbe Field Beak. — Our soils generally are 

 too rich for the common small field bean. 

 This bean has a good deal of stalk, which is 

 so heavy that it falls on the ground, and the 

 beans are discolored or mildew. For the 

 small white bean our sandy lands would be 

 suitable. In heavy rich lands, large beans, 

 which produce strong stalks, are best. They 

 keep the beans from tbe ground, which can 

 be gathered in good order, and bring a bet- 

 ter price than those which are small and dis- 

 colored. 



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Salsify, or Yegetable Ovster — This is 

 a fine vegetable, easily grown and easily 

 preserved. The seed is sown like those of 

 the parsnip; they grow of the shape and size 

 of small parsnips, and can be gathered in the 

 fall, put in barrels and covered with sand. 

 They are cooked in several ways, and are 

 pleasant food. 



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Comstock's Early Dwj»rf Pea. — This is 

 one of the earliest peas grown. It is a new 

 variety. It grows about eight inches high, 

 and is remarkably productive. This pea is 

 the thing for city gardens. It does not re- 

 quire bushing. 



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The Lima Bean. — This is the best pole 

 bean ; but it often fails to produce good crops. 

 If the sense n is wet, the vines grow on until 

 frost killing time. Tiiis bean produces well, 

 and early, if the tops are pinched off when 

 about five or six feet high. This can be done 

 with little labor, and it throws the strength 

 of the plant iiito the producticui of beans. 

 Such is the excellency of this befin. that it 

 is worthy of a little extra trouble to obtain 



a supply. 



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Cabbages. — To have cabbage head well, 

 the plants sl'-'-.ld be strong aud set early, 

 and ihey wiii head often in dry weather. 

 To set ou t plants late in tbe reason, to p'-e- 

 veiit t'le hoad fro-ji cra-jking by over-g!Ow„a, 

 is a great laliacy; when the bend is full and 

 liable to crack, break the large roots by 

 bending the cabbages on one s'de. All late 

 planted cabbages have failed the ya^i ocason 

 fron the tffccs of drought, t?bile the early 

 planted never were better. I often have to 

 reflect how long-sufifering nature is, when 

 her seasons have to bear the blame of so 

 many short crops — Ohio Cidtivatcr, 

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ScoEZONRKA. — A DativB ot Spain, re.sembling 

 the salsify plant in flavor and character, and is 

 cultivated more for variety than for absolace 

 utility. The seeds are sown annually ia an open, 

 light spot of ground, at the period of the flower- 

 ing of the apple and pear. The ground may be 

 trenched, turning under a little dung with the bot- 

 tom spit. Sow in drills halt an inch deep, and 

 twelve inches asunder. 1'hin the plants after 

 they are up, to ten inches apart, and the roots 

 will continue to increasi' uniil fall. Tney may 

 remain in the ground, to be drawn as tbej are 

 wanted, or entirely taken up in the autumn, when 

 their leaves decaj, and preserved during the win- 

 ter in dry sand . 



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Fish are common in the seas of Surinam 

 with four eyes ; two of them on horns which 

 grow on the top of their heads. 



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