532 THE 
GARDENERS’. 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 24, | 
of many weeds, which, being ground, are found to be 
good and wholesome for different kinds of cattle ; and . 
as an evidence of the latter we would adduce that 
common weed, Scandix Pecten-veneris, the seed- 
vessels of which are called ‘‘ Shepherd’s Needles” as 
seen growing, and as found in threshed corn ‘‘ Crow- 
pecks” and ‘‘Pranes;” and it is a Western saying 
that— 
“& Two Pranes are as good as an Oat ;” 
and they are used either ground or boiled for horses.* 
Well, diseased. 
product either to be used or wasted, and, as we prefer 
the former, we shall now state our manner of 
i ith them. 
Finding that we had a large proportion of diseased, 
os, we wash 
go 
A little of this Potato ee 
mixed with wash was found to get the pigs o 
rapidly, that we bought up all the aienes Potatos we 
could, not only those belonging to our m many 
from our neighbours also; and with these: bales. as 
above, and mixed with a little barley-meal, we are 
now forcing on a lot of pigs at a rapid and cheap rate. 
The price we have paid has been 
beft but so much disease 
article tells us that ‘diseased ` Potatos are not good 
feeding for horses, whether steamed or raw, but pigs 
thrive well on them in the former state, and cattle eat 
an, pea, 
barley-meal, they will be found to improve rapidly.” i 
.) There is reason fi the faulty 
l Detesie acter as tte further decay is arrested, and 
though in some matters it would seem that they 
rrea , for example, in the production of starch; 
yet, taken as a whole, we have reason to conclude that 
they are both wholesome and cheap feeding for pigs, 
we | reason to think cattle would get 
on well with cooked Potatos. We cannot even a 
best recommend them for hones; as shes’ latter are 
not required to be fat, and therefore fat-forming sub- 
stances, however good, are not best adapted to their 
needs. Potatos are confessedly low in those principles 
ore make muscle, 
: en any 
diseased or small tubers be. cooked ians gribbled, and 
prepared as dry as may be, pressing layer upon layer | 
: —_ sprinkling of of a little ee 
will answer the aid it will render in fattening up 
AE ASF ot Pal SETA ; i i 
The Villx Garden, 
CLEARING FLower- 'BEDS.—Tf there is any one task 
in connection with 
Bod Py Acer oie a 
a e breaches t — is 
teak rockworks, 
= 
e battering 
Truly “the gence ptm 
» are not 
and 
summer,” as an old writer puts it, is preserved to us 
much ig than usual, to our great and unspeakable 
gratificati 
How Tings are Dahlias, Nestartams Heliotropes, 
the sweet Cherry-pie that on d see in our 
gardens some years ago, but wk unhappily, seldom 
met with—the homely Tropæolum canariense, Balsam, 
and other tender plants, seen fully in flower at this 
season of the year? Dahlias are still flowering pro- 
ael, the tints expressed with much brightness of 
hue. Walking along a country lane a few days ago 
e came upon a cott tage, the front wall of which was 
Dahlia, flowering with great pro- 
mewhat a an unusual combination 
to 
beds in the flower pa n that have become 
Bees a untidy had better be cleared of their con- 
tents at once. Cuttings of Pelargoniums and Cal- 
ane should have been taken o AA and there 
1 
receiving much accumulation of decaying vegetable 
matter just now, and all of which will come in very 
handy Ay: Sanecots bs As it ine amr here that a 
Fil is ci the rubbish 
heap has to be close to the d ait ata it is a 
good plan to keep a little slaked lime on hand ina 
dry state, and throw some of it over the heap at inter- 
vals, together with any soot and fine ashes ken from 
the fire-grates, unds this is a good 
and commendable practice, and it serves to keep the 
heap from becoming colonised with vermin. Petunias, 
Phlox Drummondi, dwarf Nasturtiums, Verbenas, 
and such like, can all be carted away to the rubbish- 
. The beds thus 
cleared, let them be dug up Be allowed to oe rough 
for several days. This will serve to sweeten, dry, 
and pulverise the soil, and. ae aa it more aor a Eia 
for any winter arrangements that may be resolved 
upon, If the beds are edged with grass let them be 
trimmed with shears, or cut in evenly with an edging- 
iron; and when this is done well sweep and thoroughly 
roll the grass, and then have it mown, and the flower 
garden will thus be neat and tidy for a time. 
G should be well swept and rolled at 
this ea aG —the former to get rid of 
worm-casts and leaves, the latter to get the grass level 
while in a soft-and yielding state, and so fill up all 
inequalities. 
The MIXED BORDER requires different treatment, 
for, unlike the ordinary flower-bed 
Bers 
for the summer, others are now flow ing 
The foliage of all perennial “plats 
part in the economy of Nature as 
decaying flower-stalks for a time till the ripening of 
the growth is perfected ; and then, as in the case of 
some hardy Ah saiia idni a slight o comes 
up from the plant and remains the winter —who 
but as a natural — to the plant during | 
the cold season of the 
. are some pitts be a tender character that 
should never be al 
> of 
rain has naedres 
and inserted in pots, and put in a gentle bottom 
heat, oe will readily take root and make nice 
r mmer, but they are Pei in = a 
Tf the plant is left in = 
be covered up with a 
ess the frost is unusually Sateen fe will 
inter’s excessive damp ; other causes Shed 0) 
injuriously affect the plants, 
ixed border should now be ch 
Pe T aying es leaves, &c, 
it can be done, slightly fo 
o bes nes * 
5 iSi 
=t 
o 
make room for the a plants for anaika i 
service. 
dressing of leaves, manure, an 
saan of the rubbish hea 
thus, ever mind th 
arden an unsightly appearance for a ti 
dressing will do good service 
h 
rains fall, the dressing will unite with the mit 
and give tone and vigour to the plants 
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Oct. 15. Fiat Ri overcast. Rain fell 
was seen in the evening, and istant | 
17.— drka t of cloud was 
A Titsle | thin indela fell in the 
3PM; gloomy between 2.30 P. 
aniis abd paya Moe akan fine at at night. 
the of the 15th, 
a the end of the week. 
