June 12, 1889.] 



Garden and Forest. 



283 



left out just as Parsnips and Salsify are left, and it will be sound 

 and sweet all winter. Another great advantage is that the 

 tops in the spring make the best of greens — much better than 

 Kale and almost equal to Spinach. With a good covering, in 

 dry ground, this Turnip would probably winter over much 

 further north. A good way to treat them is to sow the seed 

 early in June in a bed, and transplant them later as vacant 

 spots occur in the garden. Managed in this way the neces- 

 sity for early sowing is not so inconvenient, and the Turnips 

 are far superior to the flat sorts sown later. It belongs to the 

 long Rata Baga class. 



A Hint About Pickles.— When working early sweet Corn for 



the small plants now at much lower rates than at planting time 

 in July and August, and much better plants can- be had i)y set- 

 ting them now in beds and caring for them until the time to 

 transplant finally. A cold frame, which has been used for early 

 plants, is a good place to put them. They should be dibbled 

 two or three inches apart all over the bed, and then, instead of 

 the glass sash, the frame should be covered with a screen 

 made of laths nailed an inch apart. This will give a varying 

 shade which will not draw the plants and will protect them 

 from the scorching sun. With proper attention to watering, 

 stout plants can lie grown, which will come up with a good 

 mass of roots and suffer little in moving. 

 Crozet, Va. IV. F. Massey. 



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the last time plant a few Cucumber seeds between the hills of 

 Corn, so as to have tiaem about four feet apart each way. If 

 a shovelful of manure is well chopped in before planting on 

 each spot where a hill is to be, so much the better. Then as 

 soon as the Corn is eaten, cut away the stalks and give the 

 Cucumbers all the ground. Should the striped bug attack the 

 young plants, as they seldom will at this season, dust bone- 

 flour over them and they will leave at once. Brussels Sprouts 

 can be set between Pea rows, and afterward allowed the 

 whole ground. 



Celery Plants. — Now that commercial growers produce Cel- 

 ery plants at such reasonable rates it hardly pays the private 

 grower to take the trouble to raise them from seed. It is 

 much better, however, to get these plants in advance of the 

 time for setting in their final location. The growers will sell 



The Climbing Hydrangea.— //)v/rrt«^t'« radicans bloomed 

 abundantly this vear, but the flowers, borne in large, flat 

 corymbs, have lit'tle color and are not very interesting. The 

 large, deep green leaves, however, appearing as early as they 

 do, are very' beautiful, and as the plant makes rapid growth 

 whenever it has anything to cling to, it is a very valuable ad- 

 dition to our climbers. ^ ,1 itf 1 



Germantown. Pa. Joseph Mcehan. 



Popular Gardening, in a recent issue, calls attention to the 

 common and wasteful method of applying top-dressing to fruit 

 and other trees, which consists of piling a heap of stable man- 

 ure directly round the trunk. The roots of plants are capable 

 of receiving nourishment through their young, growing tips 

 only, so that unless the top-dressing is applied directly over the 

 ends of the roots much of the value of the manure is wasted. 



