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Fig. 6. 



of the garden, as shown by the short dashes. These paths, and also the center one, 

 should he first dug out a foot to eighteen inches deep and the soil thrown upcn the 

 center and outside plots. If stones are to be had fill up part way with such, over 

 which put two or three inches of tan bark, sawdust or gravel, having the path when 

 filled up, three or four inches .lower than the planted portions. If stone are not to 

 be bad fill up with coal cinders, or fill up entirely with sawdust or tan bark. Paths 

 made thus act as drains to carry off the excess of moisture from the gardens. Be- 

 tween the outside walks and fence, as indicated by figure 3, set currants, gooseberries, 

 raapberries and blackberries ; of the first Ked Dutch, La Versailles, Cherry and White 

 Grape, in about equal quantities ; of gooseberries, Houghton's Seedling, Crown Bob 

 and White Smith ; of raspberries, D. Thprnless, Miami, or Seneca, and Mammoth 

 Cluster, for black, and Kirtland, Philadelphia and Clark, for red, with a few Cata* 

 wissaand Lum's Pall Bearing; of blackberries, 'Dorchester or Early Wilson, Kittatinny 

 and Lawton. These will give a succession of fruit, and have given general satisfaction 

 wherever tried. Fig. 6, hot bed, in which the early salads, &c, can be started ; 4, 

 plot for tomatoes, lettuce, early peas, sweet corn, cucumbers, cabbage, &c, &c. ; 5, 

 this side can be used for more permanent things, like strawberries, asparagus, pie 

 plant, sage, &c. 



If it is desirable to add a few flowers to give beauty and cheerfulness to the garden, 

 such can be set around next to the narrow paths, as indicated by the little dots ; or, if 

 the whole is wanted for fruits and vegetables, this path can be bordered on both sides 

 with one row of strawberry plants, kept in hills — that is all runners clipped off. 

 Those that form stocky, strong hills should be used for this purpose, say Ida, Colfax, 

 Green Prolific, or Emperor. About 300 to 500 strawberry plants of the different sorts 

 will supply a family of five or six persons with all the fruit they can use, and to have 

 them from the earliest to the latest, we will name over a few sorts that have proved 

 reliable and hardy in all parts of the country — not claiming, however, but that there 

 are others perhaps as good, and many better for certain soils and locations. For early, 

 Early Washington, Ida, Philadelphia or Metcalf ; medium, Wilson's Albany, and me- 

 dium to late, Green Prolific, Agriculturist, Jucunda and Colifax, and Triomphe de G and 

 for rich clay soil or clay loam. 



If the strawberry bed is set on plot No. 5, they can be planted twelve inches one- 

 way and eighteen to twenty-four inches the other. If it is desirable to lay off these 

 plots in small beds, it can be done by setting rows of strawberry plants, four or five- 

 feet apart, and between each row plant lettuce, radishes, onions, &c, &c. 



Care should be exercised not to get the garden too rich. We have noticed that such 

 small gardens are apt to be made so by over manuring. Put on just enough each 

 season to grow a good crop of early potatoes or sweet corn,, and vou will have it rich 



