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palmatum have been well washed, and the small 

 fibres cut off, they are to be cut transversely into 

 pieces about two inches thick, and dried on boards, 

 turning them several times a day, in order to prevent 

 the escape of the yellow juice, on which its medicinal 

 qualities depend. In four or five days they may be 

 strung upon strings, and suspended in a shady but 

 airy and dry situation, and in two months afterwards 

 they will be fit for the market. 



Pot Herbs. — Plant out and keep clean. 



Peas. — Plant dwarf marrowfat in sheltered places 

 for a crop in May ; also tomatoes in rich light soil, 

 four feet apart, and keep very clean. 



Beans. — Plant six-week and Windsor in rich soil. 



Swedish turnip for a crop in May. 



"WOKK FOK FEBKrAKT. 



Lose no time now in planting the onipns and 

 potatoes that are not already in the ground ; dig up 

 arrowroot ; plant a little (thin) white Indian corn in 

 sheltered places. Sow all sorts of French and Lima 

 beans ; plant sweet potatoes in hot beds for springers; 

 sow carrots for a late crop; sow cucumbers and 

 melons for an early crop, and pumpkin seeds ; sow 

 barley and oats ; lay in the points of pumpkin vines, 

 to transplant in March and April; gourd seed, arrow- 



