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for the first early Potatoes ; and a red waxy Potato, 

 whose name I do not know, is most useful for cooking 

 in some ways. All must find out for themselves what 

 Potatoes suit their soils best, as it is a subject deserv- 

 ing attention and care. 



The small, round button Onions so much used abroad 

 are often omitted in English gardens, though they are 

 merely the result of not thinning out the crop at all. 

 Choose a piece of poor, dry ground ; make this fine on 

 the surface ; sow in the month of April, thickly but 

 evenly ; cover lightly ; roll or tread, to give a firm 

 seed-bed. If sown shallow, the bulbs will be round. 

 Besides looking much prettier when braised, this small 

 kind keeps much better through the winter than when 

 made to grow large by thinning. 



"We grow two kinds of Sorrel now — one with a small, 

 round leaf, and the other .the large-leaved ordinary 

 garden kind. It is quite easy, for those who like the 

 vegetable, to lift plants in the spring and grow them 

 on in a frame or greenhouse. It is a thing there is 

 always difficulty about buying, and it is not much 

 liked by English people. It wants to be freshly 

 gathered and well dressed. 



There are endless numbers of books on poultry 

 within the reach of everybody ; and lately, in Ward, 

 Lock & Co.'s collection of penny handbooks, one has 

 been issued on poultry which is quite useful. But, like 

 all modern books, it is a little above the ordinary keeper 

 of cocks and hens for domestic purposes, making the 

 matter appear unnecessarily difficult. Having a good 

 big field for them to run in here, and the soil being 

 dry and light, I have not had disease amongst my 

 poultry. Among the list of horrible diseases given in 

 this penny book, we come to the following sentence : 

 'Egg-eating. — This is rather a vice than a disease, and 



