436 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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cre rank amongst the m 
are also some = 
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“4 E oe the summer show on 
o gentry gives a large garden party on the 
of the exhibitt ‘as th ists materially 
A a number of persons, who thus 
r their att give the ittee both counte- 
nce and support. The tables are laid out in the 
form of a cross, a one running down the centre 
the room, and a raised table across the top ;” nane 
are also ide of the room, on 
placed on each 
are placed the smaller contributions. , There are et 
, amat eurs, 
and cottagers ; the amount of m 
prizes pretty equally divided pe ve them 
Plants are not largely invited, and with the exception 
grown 
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flowered, there of special merit, 
Of cut flowers the best cies: were Asters, Dahlias, an 
tly dress eces for table deco- 
ration. For twelve cut Asters the Rev. J. E. Pryor 
ot of blooms, chiefly 
t of twelve 
so Ist t for twelve sauce Apples, 
variety, n appear 
‘Caledonian, shown by Colonel ilkinson. A most 
my af hackets 
of vegetables of an unlimited t quantity and peman e 
arrang re shown by each class of competi- 
hemes = the es mpe by yi Rev. ‘Canon Bloomfield 
a 
eager 
effectively Gisplayedl. Canon "Bloomfield took the = 
prize in this class, having good Cauliflowers, Cabbages, 
Globe Artichokes, Marrows, Onions, unner 
d Dwarf 
and Kidney Potat 
baskets w: ede iá iai to san a s being so equal 
quality was the solg emaining point. 
_ meritorious 
the Round. 
f perfection at Stevenage, the Scarlet 
In feFnadigte Wein ing generally shown, and these of good 
size and faultless form. Onions, Savoy Cabbages, 
Parsnips, and Turnips, were also v ood ; better, 
indeed, than the 
very g 
usual average of cottagers produce. 
for ou e good well- 
rapes so; 
bunches of i aA were saei, showing 
a r, after all, has not been devoid of 
i : yA some large and 
- field culture. 
| thorough 
per thousand, and may be used, from a hundred or 
more in the garden, to about 10,000 to the acre for 
by as i ploughing as hie be done, or by smashing 
ed 
up w y dress 
the tod with a thick dressing of rotten dung. When 
ploughing is done, the whole should be well worked 
so as to get the soil TE a fine ‘‘tilth,” and at the 
same time to so mix the manure that it shall become 
part of the soil itself ; sade: we always think that 
manure should be made to enrich the land by 
incorporation, and not be left about in 
lumps with the idea that plants can seize and eat i 
as animals do food. 
sheep ae them, th 
being cast. But besides, the ridge system with Swedes 
and iMengelé x llows the soil to be hoed from the roots, 
so we prefer cultivating all these crops on the flat, 
and direct our hoers in pulling away we soil from one 
row of roots to direct it around the contiguous row. 
This is especially useful to the Cabbage, as it takes a 
start into luxuriant growth the moment this operation 
is completed. 
If sufficient yg ial dung be ray available, we 
have found 5 cwt. to the acre guano, the 
like quantity of Mee Se LS Pi m b 
advisable, This be broadcasted before the soil 
harrowed Aak for the reception of the 
lants. In the choice of plants, good strong, m, 
healthy adie should be chosen ; but if they 
grown too thickly in the seed-bed they are T to ee 
weakly, and this is often the cause of boltin 
We fer the rows to be 20 inches spa ‘ee 
medium-sized sorts, but for Denke, 2 fee 
thinning out our drilled seed we use the 12-inc cc 
and so leave from 12 to 15 inches between each plant, 
and this will do for such as sorts as the London 
Market and pues but the Drumheads should be 
lanted quite I richi rt, pi when the soil is 
good and the Scent liberal 2 feet will not be too 
much. Cabbages grown this way will come in sooner 
than the halt Ae lot. The transplanted 
Cabbages will come in, according -to ih as early 
as the end of May or the beginning of Jun 
‘Thus early it is a very useful crop, as © may be 
oses for all kinds 
off sheep fat for the market, and forwards the ewe 
flock in good condition ; for which reasons, and con- 
sidering the amount of yield, we consider the Cabbage 
to be a very important crop, alike to the small as to 
the large farmer. 
Che Villa Garden, 
TT fah 
her of te 
the past foes a. a ‘aes thie would ~ pein Nie 
transplanting the young plants during the present 
month, p 
Such plants of almost any preferred sort are to be 
bought from nurserymen or in the market at so much 
a pitiless slaught of all wi 
cropped ground be kept hoed over. 
gone over 
oroughl A 
been lifted and mafie in siie beds, or used 
new plantations of this fine fruit, iad all the small 
runners have been cut away close to the plants and 
thrown on the rubbish heap. Some persons at 
season of the year cut away lentos, runners and all, 
from their Straw leavi q 
bare and open to all the influences of weather, This 
is regarded by 
site Nase th rimia soe te 
leave every leaf, whether decaying 
tn is 
crowns, and assists to protect ely pitii hard 
eat i ja k the spring, and affords a 
epp” an re require in the 
aaa n TT ps. and well 
enriched with oa and if when well established a 
good surface dressing be given ann muali, d 
suggested, fine crops of fruit will be certain ale 
Almost any top-dressing assists Strawberrie 
refuse heap, if at all decayed, can be turned to a 
beds of Spinach will be benefited by 
weather, while, being 
The e 
ever, has a deterrent effect, and greatly pia. a 
growth of the plants. Plants in pots, the roots of 
which have become a home for worms, are freed from 
mix = dissolved is 
urface, and 
not sown in August, a few plants can soon be obtained 
from any seedsman or neighbouring gardener. 
and such handy contrivances as Looker’s proj 
boxes, or Gilbert’s hand-lights may be utilised! 
same way. Lettuces are very subject to the: 
slugs during the winter, but an occasional ¢ 
the mixture of lime, soot, &c,, mentioned 
be found rather too much for them 
the smallest garden. 
in August where it is “sh stand, and the plants 
ves are fast decaying, and shou 
have just lifted some roots, ‘divided them, 
carefull dug soil the 
