THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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rail may be fitted on the top of the fence, 

 into which the stakes enter, and into 

 which is mortised a post to nail board to. 

 This makes a very secure and durable 

 fence, even when the stone work is only 

 two feet above the surface. 



IMPROVEMENT IN BREAD MAKING. 

 Persons who are so unfortunate as to 



A piece of good green law T n in front of, 

 or around a dwelling, is far preferable to 

 this — looks infinitely more tasteful and- 

 costs less. Ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 judiciously selected, may be planted pro- 

 miscuously over it, singly or in clumps> 

 as the situation and dimensions require. 



Choice flowering plants, such as per- 

 petual roses, verbenas,, petunias, &c, that 

 bloom most of the season, can be grown 



.in masses or beds cut in the lawn — not 

 be poorly provided with those agents of raiged jmo moundg Qt jf 



mastication good teeth, will be glad to at a]]) on] in the ceBl and that not 



know that there is a method of baking over lwo or three inches above the level 



bread which obviates the necessity of a i of , he sunmindiag ]awa . At our sL 



hard crust The crust commonly attached i seveml gmdl la€eg that we gaw ±l& 



spring, disfigured m the way we allude 

 to, have been levelled down, and converted 

 into lawn, and figures and beds cut out 

 for flowering shrubs, plants, &c.,. and the 

 proprietors have been well pleased w 7 ith 

 the change. We did intend to present 

 some suggestions on this matter early in 

 the spring, before gardening had com- 

 menced, but a press of other matters pre- 

 vented us. 



In our hot, dry climate, where plants 



require much moisture to flourish, it is a 

 GARDENS. g reaj . en . 0) ^ eyen -c j t i 00 k e d we ]i } t0 p i arU 



While on one hand we are delighted ; them in narrow raised beds, surrounded 

 with the increased attention given to the | by ditch-like walks. All walks should 

 embellishment of door-yards and grounds j be wide enough for two persons to walk 

 around dwellings in the country, we are, j abreast, and should be kept well gravelled 

 on the other, pained at the almost general j and nearly as high as the adjacent beds, 

 and entire absence or exercise of correct j A good verdant turf is, beyond all com-, 

 taste or ordinary skill in conducting the j parison,the best to surround a flower bed. 

 operations. For instance, Miss A. wishes ! A few starved flowers, on little beds of 

 to have the plot of ground, say twenty, j red earth, with a bad box edging and 

 fifty, or one hundred feet square, in front j narrow deep clay walks, is a downright 



to the loaf is not only troublesome to such 

 persons, but is often the cause of much 

 waste. The way to be rid of it is as fol- 

 lows : When the loaves are moulded, and 

 before they are set down to " rise," take 

 a small quantity of clean lard, warm it, 

 and rub it lightly over the loaves. The 

 result will be a crust beautifully soft and 

 tender throughout. This is not guess 

 work. — Exchange paper. 



of the house, improved and ornamented — 

 (The ladies, to their credit, generally move 

 first in these matters.) She has it all 

 spaded up and thrown into mounds, ridges, 

 and all sorts of fanciful embankments — 

 some of them high enough to serve our 

 soldiers in Mexico for a defence — many 

 looking precisely like graves in a ceme- 

 tery, and, all in all, suggestive of any 

 thing but symmetry or beauty. These 

 errors, however, are quite pardonable ; and 

 we do not speak of them to ridicule them, 



slander on a flower garden, and a viola- 

 tion of every thing like good taste. — 

 There is no comfort to be taken in them, 

 and we object entirely to them.— Genesee 

 Farmer. 



A FARMER'S BAROMETER, 



A writer in the Georgia Farmer gives 

 directions for making a cheap barometer^ 

 to aid in foretelling the weather. He takes 

 a stick three feet long, and attaches to the 



or find fault, but if possible to set taste I but end a vial, full of air of course, and 



and opinion against them. 



corked tight. The stick is then suspended 



