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To have Turnips good in spring they must be sown very early ; they are 

 hardy, and must be put in as soon as the ground can be caught right. 9 Sal- 

 sify too must be in as soon as possible — it prefers a strong rich loam. Those 

 who have no Spinach sown in the fall should do that right away; no amount 

 of stable manure but will be a benefit to it, though guano, in even smallish 

 doses, will kill it; guano produces excellent Cabbage, mixed with the ground 

 while it is being dug for that crop. Cabbage, by the way, may be put in as 

 soon as the ground is ready; and Potatoes are better in before the beginning 

 of next month, if the ground is not too wet ; many plant Cabbage between 

 the Potato rows. The Early Manuel or Manly, I find one of the best early 

 Potatoes. Onions are better put in early, but the ground ought to be dry 

 when planted, and trodden or beaten firm when the sets are planted ; the 

 ground ought not to have rank manure — wood-ashes and pureundunged loam 

 will alone produce an excellent crop. Parsley delights in a rich gravelly 

 loam, and should be sown very early. Parsnips, another crop which should 

 receive early attention, also delights in a deep gravelly soil, but detests rank 

 manure. Lettuces and Radishes continue to sow at intervals. Herbs of all 

 kinds are best attended to at this season — a good collection is a good thing. 



T. J. 



Tor the Florist and Horticultural Journal. ! 



Mr. Editor : — The elegant description of the emerald groves of Elvaston 

 castle, from the graphic pen of your correspondent, has awakened in me the 

 ambition to follow him, and make myself a name by becoming a contributor 

 to the Florist* 



I hope that the notice of those artificial groves of perpetual green, will 

 create a more general taste among our more wealthy landed proprietors, for 

 embellishing their pleasure grounds and beautifying their cottage residences, 

 with groves and groups of winter evergreens; for what is a landscape, a 

 park, or the grounds of a cottage without evergreens to cheer us throughout 

 the dreary days of winter, and to screen us from the cutting force of 

 Boreas. I sav that without evergreens all appears for five months of the 

 year, a desolate and solitary waste : but scatter a few groups around the 

 cottage, and mark how changed the scene ! behold 'these living ornaments 

 of winter ; while the rest of nature is asleep, fearlessly facing the storm, 

 and cheering us with their mantles of green. 



Do I hear some say that evergreens will not flourish here under our 

 scorching sun, as they do in the humid atmosphere of Great Britain ? But 

 nature around you condemns the expression. Who that has travelled through 

 our country in winter has not admired the native groves of Pines, Firs, 

 Spruces, Junipers, Cedars, Arborvitac, &c. ; and our evergreen *hruh*» 



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