THE 
VEGETABLE-GARDEN. 
In the cultivation of the Garden, we experience a peculiar and 
innocent pleasure, which is increased in proportion to the know- 
ledge acquired and the labor bestowed. Herein is food for the 
soul, the mind, and the heart, where all may obtain an abundant 
supply from the bounties of Nature, as developed at their own 
doors, and which, more than any other pursuit, afford rational 
and profitable pleasures, enabling us to find happiness in our own 
homes. ‘‘ Cultivating the soil is like Charity—doubly blessed, in 
sowing and reaping.” All systems of gardening should be con- 
ducted with discrimination. While proper attention is paid to the 
general directions, due allowance should be made for the difference 
of soil, situation, and climate, suited to each. Inattention to these 
important points, is the cause of want of success which proves so 
discouraging to the inexperienced Amateur. Much depends on 
the selection of good seed, for without them, all efforts will prove 
fruitless, and a barren waste will be the reward if this all-import- 
ant object is not secured. 
Tn order to place the means within the reach of all who are 
deterred from cultivating a garden by the want of practical know- 
ledge, we have embraced in the following pages every requisite 
detail for the successful cultivation of the Vegetable-garden, care- 
fully compiled from the ‘‘ Encyctopmp1a or Garpentne,” ‘ Lan- 
preta’s Rurat Rearsrer,” and other various reliable sources. In 
many cases their language has been employed, but it has not been 
thought necessary to mark the quotations. Should they be in- 
strumental in enabling any to enjoy the exquisite pleasure of par- 
taking of the vegetables raised by their own labor, the object 
of the compiler will be accomplished. 
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