KITCHEN GARDEN. 



SOW ASPARAGUS SEED, 



About the middle of this month on a bed of rica 

 earth, tread it in, cover it with rich earth an inch deep, 

 and rake the bed smooth. When the plants come up, 

 water them occasionaity if the weather be dry, and 

 keep them free from weeds; these are for planting 

 out next spring. See the last article, and the forcing 

 of asparagus in January and February ; slaughter- 

 house dung is good for those seed beds. 



DRESSING AJVD PLANTING ARTICHOKES. 



If the plants that were trenched up and covered last 

 winter begin to shoot strongly, level down the earth, 

 as you proceed loosen well all the ground about the 

 plants, strip all the shoots or suckers except two or 

 three of the strongest on each stool or root, which must 

 remain ; close the earth well about the root and suck- 

 ers which you leave attached to it. The shoots you 

 shp off will make a new plantation, thus — spread 

 pi nty of rotten dung (or sheep's dung and ashes) on 

 a piece of good ground in an open situation, and dig it 

 in. Plant the shoots with a dibble, in rows four feet 

 asunder, each shoot distant from the other three feet, 

 and six inches deep, water them immediately, and 

 ofien until they take root. Next fall, the plantations 

 will produce a good crop if it be kept clear of weeds 

 and well watered in the summer. It will produce well 

 for five or six years, viz. in July and August the three 

 first years, and in June or July the last two years. 

 The planation will continue longer producing well, if 

 no other crops are sov/n among the plants. 



SOW AND PLANT BROCOLI. 



Sow early purple and cauliflower brocoli the middle 

 ( f the monlh, or earlier if the weather is mild, and 

 .some more, at the latter end of the month. They will 

 come lip n3st fall: sow the seed broad cast and rake it 



