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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



The best varieties for the garden are 



Early Horn, which is very early, high colored, and 

 sweeter than the other varieties. It does not grow so long 

 as the others, and may be known by its conical root short- 

 ening abruptly to a point It will grow closer together, 

 and is better on shalloAv soils than the other kinds. 



Early French Short Horn is an earlier and superior va- 

 riety of the above ; for an early crop the best. 



AltringJiam. — Color, bright red, and growing with the top 

 an inch or two above ground, which sometimes freezes in 

 very severe winters, if left in the ground. Of excellent 

 quality. 



Long Orange. — Is paler in color, and of great length, 

 the root not above the ground. It is next in quality to 

 the above, and best for winter use. The ash of the roots 

 and leaves of carrots has been analyzed by Way and Ogs- 

 ton, and found to be constituted as stated below : 



ROOT. LEAVES. 



Potassa, . . 37.55 7.28 



Soda, .... 12.63 9.46 



Lime, .... 9.76 34.98 



Magnesia, . . . 3.78 2.50 



Sesquioxide of Iron, . .74 4.06 



Sulphuric Acid, . . 6.34 6.68 



Silica, . . - . .76 7.39 



Carbonic Acid, . . 15.15 16.29 



Phosphoric Acid, . . 8.37 2.55 



Chloride of Sodium . . 4.91 8.77 



99.99 99.96 

 The salt and lime mixture, composted with leaf mould 



or swamp muck, a little plaster of Paris, bone-dust, and 



wood-ashes, are the special manures needed by the caiTOt. 



A little common salt is worth much more for this crop 



than its value in good manure. 



Culture. — Carrots like a light and fertile soil, dug full 



