AtJGUST 22, 1888.] 



Garden and Forest. 



305 



Fig. 49.— Magnolia hypoleuca.— See page 304. 



Cultural Department. 



The Vegetable Garden. 



"\7'EGETABLE gardening is very well done around Boston 



and the gardeners there try to have everything of the 



best. Just now, in early August, Tomatoes are beginning to 



ripen, Peas are moderately plentiful, Celery has been planted 



out, and of Beans, Corn and root crops there is a full supply. 

 Charles Sander, gardener to Professor Sargent, maintains a 

 capital succession of vegetables. For Sweet Corn he uses Cory 

 for early, and Crosbv's tor the main crop. He grows more of 

 Livingston's Perfection Tomato than of any other. He is partial 

 to Dewing's Turnip Beet and claims to get an even strain of 

 red-fleshed roots. My experience has been different ; I have 

 always had some crimson-red and others a good deal banded 



