4S PRACTICE OF GAEDEmfG. 



their n.itririve q lahtie? very briefly, or whoUj 



prs? over, such a- ere r. _ : :eble to rear in a small 

 garden of from one-sixhn to one-fourth, or half an acre in 

 extent. 



It may' ^ ] / ?rran:e kitchen vegetables 



into four f _ . . to the r articular parts of 



each which are eatcu bv man. as rocts, stems,, leaveS; and 

 seeds. 



I, —ROOTS. 



The roots chiehv cultivated m gardens are. potatoes, 

 carrcits. r arsneps, beet. Jerusalem artichokes, turnips, and 

 ra:li-hes. 



Waxy Potatoes contain but little itutriment : when 

 mealy, one thcusanl parts ccntain tvro hundred rarts of 

 starch, used her the hnest newer bw French biscuit bakers 

 aud s cld as arrovr-roco ;:y the dru^zists.) forty parts of 

 gluten, twenty-oarts C'f sui'ar. and the rest water and 

 fibre. Even f :r cattle theu are ncu very nutritive in a 

 raw state, because the en^-eltpe aiuund the small parti- 

 cles of their dfxtriue. repuires t: ^ 'vac^-: ':v heat to 

 make it available, T^tV-ciIt^ m tu^:::^m:us. 

 and contain at: v iur, 



*'Pct'"t:cs m'"ru t: norses." savs Olr. 3Ienteath. "as 

 well as tC' all -thcr annuals, c-ught to be previously either 

 boiled or steamed : rcr hcnses. c^n eating raw y^jtatoes. are 

 liable to be seized w::;i colic, which generally proves 

 fatal,'' An acre ;i a w^tm^ ^^ill supply about double the 

 quantity of an aim if 'vh-:,;v 



The best soil for ^■ccaice- i ^ : ndy loam ; for on 

 stiff, heavy, clayrv. m- wct la_,. u_ ' fi not thrive well. 

 ' ' 1 ul tue best mauure is stame or ccw dung, 

 -.1 ; ^cu Well retted : and. on heavy or wct land, 

 cia^ami-, u:aringly.' cr a aauvi lus liming. In peat soils 

 euthiut mjim_. they are ircaueutlv holhcwdiearted. and 

 this sccu cb seal is by no means so gc-od a.s a l iamy one. 

 From the last week in April, to the middle of May. is the 

 time for planting for the general crop, but if a piece of 

 ground is planted about the latter end of March, a very 

 good crop may be obtained, without being so liable to 



