GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Celery from 20 to 30 days. 



Chervil from 18 to 25 days. 



Collards from 5 to 12 days. 



Corn Salad 14 days. 



Corn from 8 to 14 days. 



Cress, curled, from 3 to 5 days. 



Cress, broad-leaved, from 5 to 12 days. 



Cress, water, from 12 to 14 days. 



Cucumbers from 5 to 10 days. 



Eggplants from 8 to 20 days. 



Endive from 5 to 7 days. 



Kohlrabi from 5 to 10 days. 



Lettuce from 6 to 10 days. 



Melons, Cantaloupes, from 5 to 10 days. 



Melons, Watermelons, from 8 to 15 days. 



Mustard from 3 to 7 days. 



Okra from 8 to 15 days. 



Onions from 7 to 14 days. 



Parsley from 30 to 60 days. 



Parsnip from 8 to 14 days. 



Peas from 5 to 10 days. 



Pepper from 8 to 20 days. 



Pumpkin from 5 to 10 days. 



Radish from 3 to 5 days. 



Roquette from 5 to 10 days. 



Salsify from 8 to 14 days. 



Sorrel from 8 to 14 days. 



Spinach from 10 to 20 days. 



Squash, from 5 to 10 days. 



Tomatoes, from 5 to 15 days. 



Turnips, from 5 to 7 days. < 



FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS. 



Clover Seed from 5 to 10 days. 

 Clover Seed, Japan, from 30 to 40 days. 

 Clover Seed, Hulled (Burr) 5 to 10 days. 

 Kentucky Blue Grass from 14 to 21 days. 

 Red Top Grass from 14 to 21 days. 



English Rye Grass from 8 to 15 days. 



Rescue Gress from 20 to 30 days. 



Johnson Grass from 30 to 40 days. 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass from 14 to 21 days. 



Meadow Fescue Grass from 8 to 15 days. 



Orchard Grass from 8 to 15 days. 



Timothy Grass from 15 to 25 days. 



Rye Seed from 12 to 20 days. 



Barley Seed from 12 to 20 days. 



Wheat Seed from 12 to 20 days. 



Oat Seed from 12 to 20 days. 



Sorghum from 10 to 15 days. 



Kaffir Corn from 10 to 15 days. 



Broom Corn from 10 to 15 days. 



Dhouro Corn from 10 to 15 days. 



Millet Seed from 8 to 15 days. 



Sunflower Seed from 5 to 10 days. 



Buckwheat from 10 to 20 days. 



Vetch from 15 to 20 days. 



Teosinte from 30 to 40 days. 



Bermuda Grass from 60 to 90 days. 



SWEET AND MEDICINAL HERBS. 



Anise from 12 to 15 days. 

 Balm from 8 to 12 days. 

 Bene from 12 to 15 days. 

 Basil from 8 to 12 days. 

 Borage from 8 to 12 days. 

 Caraway from 10 to 15 days. 

 Dill from 12 to 15 days. 

 Fennel from 12 to 15 days. 

 Lavender from 8 to 12 days. 

 Marjoram from 8 to 12 days. 

 Rosemary from 8 to 12 days. 

 Rue from 5 to 10 days. 

 Sage from 12 to 15 days. 

 Savory from 5 to 10 days. 

 Thyme from 12 to 15 days. 

 Wormwood from 8 to 12 days. 



THE HOT BED. 



Owing to the open winters in the South, 

 hot-beds are not so much used as in the 

 North, except to raise such tender plants 

 as Eggplants, Tomatoes and Peppers. 

 There is little forcing of vegetables done 

 here, except as regards Cucumbers and 

 Lettuce; and if we do not have any hard 

 frosts, the latter does better in the open 

 ground than under glass. To make a hot 

 bed is a very simple thing. Any one who 

 has the use of tools can make the wooden 

 frame, the sashes can be obtained from any 

 sash factory. We consider a wooden frame 

 from 5 to 6 feet wide and 10 feet 6 inches 

 long a very good size. It should be at 

 least 6 inches higher at the back than in 

 the front, and covered by three sashes 

 3^x5 feet. The manure ought not to be 

 more than a month old; it should be thrown 

 together in a heap, and when commencing 

 to heat, be worked over with a fork, and 

 the long and short manure evenly mixed. 

 In this State the ground is generally low, 

 and to retain the heat of the manure for 

 a long time, it is best to put the manure 

 on top of the ground — that is, make a bank 

 two feet longer and two feet wider than 



the frame. Keep the edges straight and 

 the corners firm; when thrown up about 

 eighteen inches trample the manure down 

 to six or eight inches, then put another 

 layer of eighteen inches and trample down 

 again; place thereon the frame and sash 

 and fill in six inches of good earth. After 

 about five days stir the ground to kill the 

 weeds which may have come up, then sow 

 the seeds. In lower Louisiana the ground 

 is too wet to dig out eighteen inches deep. 

 Throw in the manure and trample down as 

 recommended in the North, by a few hard 

 rains, such as we frequently have in win- 

 ter, the manure would become so soaked 

 beneath the ground that the heat would be 

 gone. Another advantage when the frame 

 is put above the ground is that it will go 

 down with the manure gradually, and there 

 remains always the same space between 

 the glass and the ground. If the ground 

 is dug out and the manure put into the 

 frame, the ground will sink so low after 

 a short time that the sun will have little 

 effect upon it and the plants will become 

 spindly. 



Seeds Requisite to Produce a Given Number of Plants and Sow 

 a Given Amount of Ground. 



Quantity 

 Per Acre. 



Artichoke, 1 oz. to 500 plants % lb. 



Asparagus, 1 oz. to 200 plants 5 lbs. 



Barley 2 % bu. 



Beans, dwarf, 1 quart to 150 feet of 



drill 1 14 bu. 



Quantity 

 Per Acre. 



Beans, pole. 1 quart to 200 hills % bu. 



Beets, garden, 1 oz. to 100 feet of 



drill 10 lbs. 



Heels, Mang-el, 1 oz. to 150 feet of 



drill 6 lbs. 



Plant Lespedeza Clover, the Greatest Forage Plant. 



